An arctic air mass settled over City and much of the country Sunday evening, bringing a deep freeze and the chance of more snow than the city has seen in three years.

A potent shot of Arctic air starts settling in Monday as a massive dip in the jet stream pulls in frigid air across the entire eastern half of the country. Temperatures are set to drop as low as 20 degrees below average Tuesday and Wednesday with highs only reaching the teens, with lows in the single digits and even plunging below zero.

Winter weather is here! Arctic air is moving into the region and will cause highs to only reach the 40s this afternoon. Hard freeze conditions begin tonight as lows dip to the 20s. We will be dealing with several hard freezes this week as temperatures fall to the teens and 20s in the morning.

Seasonable, soggy at times this weekend before the coldest weather of the season arrives into the upcoming week.

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