Karsten Moran for The New York Times Bring rubber boots today and ice skates for later.Updated 10:25 a.m.
Good morning on this slushy, sloppy Monday.
Change is good, but do we really want the temperature to drop 49 degrees in one day?
It was a balmy 55 degrees in the city at 9 a.m.
By late tonight it will be 6 degrees and very windy.
In between, we will have …
Dense fog, sometimes impenetrable, until midmorning.
Localized road flooding.
Rain off and on until afternoon.
Maybe an evening flurry.
Icy streets as the snowmelt freezes again after dark.
Did we miss anything?
Yes: this sobering paragraph from a National Weather Service advisory:
“There is a chance for wind chill temperatures around 25 degrees below zero from late Monday night into Tuesday morning. More likely is wind chill temperatures from 15 to 20 degrees below zero.â€
The big question is how to dress.
We suggest muckboots, headlamp and windbreaker in the morning, crampons and faux-wolverine-lined anorak for evening.
The temperature drop is probably not a record but is “very, very rare,†said Pat Maloit of the National Weather Service.
Tuesday’s weather will be much simpler and easily described by a four-letter word.
It may not get above 10 degrees.
Grim jokes aside, if you see someone outdoors in distress, call 311.
Here’s what else you need to know for Monday.
COMMUTE
Subways: Check latest status.
Rails: Check L.I.R.R., Metro-North or New Jersey Transit status.
Roads: Check traffic map or radio report on the 1s or the 8s.
Alternate-side parking is suspended for snow and ice removal. Meters are in effect.
Air Travel: Fog-related delays are expected. Check with your airline.
DE BLASIO WATCH
From Kate Taylor of the City Hall bureau of The Times:
- Mayor de Blasio holds a 10 a.m. news conference on universal prekindergarten in East Harlem.
- Capital New York reports that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will propose his own plan for financing prekindergarten statewide.
- Mr. de Blasio also holds a 2 p.m. news conference, probably to announce an appointment. It will be live-streamed on nyc.gov.
- Mr. de Blasio held an open house Sunday at Gracie Mansion. His staff gave hot chocolate and cider to people who waited in line for hours. [New York Times]
- A city councilman, Daniel Garodnick, is waging an uphill battle against Mr. de Blasio’s favored candidate for speaker, Melissa Mark-Viverito. [New York Times]
COMING UP TODAY
It is Three Kings Day, also known as the Epiphany and Twelfth Night, honoring the biblical three wise men. It’s the day when people in much of Latin America exchange gifts. Free celebrations in the city include:
- Puppets, live camels and parranda music and dancing up Third Avenue in East Harlem at the Three Kings parade. 11 a.m.
- More music and dancing, and distribution of toys to children on the Lower East Side, outside the Clemente cultural center on Suffolk Street. 3 p.m.
- Kathryn Crosby (Bing Crosby’s widow) sings holiday songs and recalls Crosby family history at the Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. 6 p.m.
Also:
- A Staten Island neighborhood pharmacy destroyed by Hurricane Sandy reopens in its original location in Midland Beach.
- The writer Ta-Nehisi Coates talks about his book “Beautiful Struggle,†about growing up with a Black Panther father, at the Society for Ethical Culture. 1 p.m. [$5]
- Cameron Diaz talks about her new book on nutrition and health at Barnes & Noble in Union Square. 7 p.m. [Free]
- For more events, see The New York Times Arts & Entertainment guide.
IN THE NEWS
- Kennedy Airport was briefly closed after a plane skidded into a snowbank. No one was injured. [New York Times]
- Of the 332 murders in New York City last year, only 29 were known to be committed by strangers. [New York Post]
- Ms. Mark-Viverito has not reported rental income on city disclosure forms on a building she owns in East Harlem, even though she appears to have tenants. [Daily News]
- A friend of then-Mayor Bloomberg begged him to remove a “hideous†Citi Bike rack from in front of his Chelsea townhouse. The mayor duly forwarded the note to his transportation commissioner. [DNAinfo]
- Scoreboard: Knicks beat Mavericks, 92-80.
Over the weekend:
- A developer with a spotty reputation was murdered. The New York Post ran the headline “Who Didn’t Want Him Dead?†Outrage followed.
- A small plane made an emergency landing on the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx. No one was seriously hurt. [New York Times]
- Governor Cuomo plans to fast-track the legalization of medical marijuana. [New York Times]
- A 16-year-old was fatally shot on his way home from a friend’s birthday party in Brooklyn on Saturday night. [New York Times]
- The state adopted a conservation plan for one of New York’s most endangered fish, the sauger, a walleye-like species. [Plattsburgh Press-Republican]
AND FINALLY…
People complain about the subway fare now, but there was a time in the ’70s when it nearly doubled in two years.
In January 1970, the fare went to 30 cents from 20 cents.
Two years later, it jumped to 35 cents.
And so, there was unrest.
In 1970, demonstrators shoved transit officers.
At 96th Street, The Times reported, “the police handcuffed two of the protesters to railings after they had held the gates open to allow passengers to enter without payment.â€
More than a dozen people were arrested in 1972 for urging passengers to jump the turnstiles.
Some perspective: 35 cents in 1972 is worth $1.95 now â€" 55 cents less than the current fare.
Joseph Burgess contributed reporting.
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