Snowflakes fell across the tri-state on Sunday afternoon, but the heaviest snow is ahead and temperatures fall below freezing. The bulk of the snow is expected to fall between 5 and 9 p.m. in the immediate New York City area.

After days of balmy weather, New York City is slated to get buried in snow and then hit with an arctic blast expected to unleash a potentially life-threatening chill.

New York City emergency officials have issued a “Cold Weather Alert” amid a stretch of below-freezing wind chills that will only get colder into next week. The coldest air of the season so far will crash into the tri-state on starting early next week with “feels like” temperatures Tuesday dropping as low as -7 degrees.