New York Today: Waiting Out the Cold

Karsten Moran for The New York Times

Updated, 6:54 a.m.

Good Friday morning to you.

Behold the miracle of the double-digit wake-up temperature.

- It’s not quite a heat wave, though: 12 degrees as of 6 a.m., with a wind chill feeling like minus 7, and a high temperature of 17 today.

- Tomorrow, for a change of pace, it will snow, probably an inch or two.

- Though we will see 30 degrees tomorrow and might break the freezing mark on Monday for the first time in a week, normal temperatures will continue to elude us.

- As far as forecasters can see â€" two weeks â€" below-average temperatures are predicted. “When we say ‘warm-ups’, we’re talking about mid to upper 20s,” said Joey Picca, a National Weather Service meteorologist. Normal high this time of year is 38.

- All this means more of the same woes that have plagued commuters all week. See details in the “Commute” section below.

- On the subways, that means a late start to express trains, because express tracks become makeshift indoor train yards when overnight temperatures drops to 10.

- On city buses, it means delays and detours.

- On commuter rails, particularly Metro-North, with its ancient overhead wiring system, it means periodic stoppages. During yesterday’s morning rush, a snapped wire interrupted service.

- “The wire gave out,” explained a spokeswoman, Marjorie Anders. “It failed. It got fatigue. It died and it broke. It’s 100 years old. It’s brittle.”

- There was an interruption last night on Metro-North that halted the whole railroad for two hours. But it was caused by computer problems, not weather.

- So far this morning, the railroad has mostly normal service. Knock wood and enjoy the weekend. Here’s what else is happening.

COMMUTE

Subways: Delays on the R. The C train is skipping some local stops in Manhattan. Check latest status.

Rails: Scattered delays on L.I.R.R. and North Jersey Coast Line. Check L.I.R.R., Metro-North or New Jersey Transit status.

Roads: No unusual delays. Check traffic map or radio report on the 1s or the 8s.

Alternate-side parking is suspended yet again for snow removal.

Weekend Travel Hassles: Check subway disruptions or list of street closings.

COMING UP TODAY

- Mayor de Blasio makes an announcement at City Hall at 11:15 a.m. (Live-streamed on nyc.gov.)

- Representative Carolyn Maloney and other officials attend a ceremony commemorating the 69th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz at the Museum of Jewish Heritage downtown. 11 a.m.

- City Council members call for Asian Lunar New Year to be made a legal holiday. 2 p.m. at the Queens library branch in Flushing.

- Last weekend for the Edgar Allan Poe exhibition at the Morgan Museum and Library. [$18, free tonight from 7 to 9 p.m.] …

- … While an exhibition on “The Little Prince” opens at the Morgan.

- The last weekend, too, for the “American Modern” show of paintings at the Museum of Modern Art. $20, free today from 4 to 8 p.m.

- Wholesome fun: a Brooklyn contra dance party at Camp Friendship in Park Slope. 7:30 p.m. [$15]

- The weekend-long One Act Play Festival begins in Long Island City. 8 p.m. [$15, $18 at door]

IN THE NEWS

- The 1978 jewel heist at Kennedy Airport immortalized in “Goodfellas” produced its first real-life arrest: a 78-year-old man linked by the authorities to the Bonanno crime family. [New York Times]

- Federal prosecutors in New Jersey issued subpoenas to Gov. Chris Christie’s re-election campaign. [New York Times]

- The Bronx is getting a new brewery. [Daily News]

- Scoreboard: Rangers fall to Blues, 2-1. Penguins top Islanders, 6-4.

THE WEEKEND

Saturday

- The Winter Jam sports festival in Central Park. Snow blowers will be on hand, as if that’s necessary. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. [Free]

- The annual Idiotarod race, in which dogs and sleds are replaced by humans and shopping carts. Location to be announced. Noon. [Free]

- Bring your snow rhino to a snow sculpture contest in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Noon to 2 p.m. [Free]

- The traveling show for kids about the Museum of Modern Art’s collection of African-American art comes to the Red Hook Recreation Center. 1 p.m. [Free]

Sunday

Sunday

- Make animal masks and hear tales of hibernating creatures at Wave Hill garden in the Bronx. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. [Free]

- Of all the strange things: Pro hockey outdoors in the winter. Rangers vs. Devils at Yankee Stadium. 12:30 p.m. [$93 and up]

- The Times’s Weekend Miser recommends the free tour of the Afrofuturism show at the Studio Museum in Harlem. 1 p.m.

- For more events, see The New York Times Arts & Entertainment guide.

Joseph Burgess and Annie Correal contributed reporting.

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