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.

Real-feel” temperatures accounting for wind chills will likely drop into the single digits overnight, according to the National Weather Service.

Less than a quarter inch of snow left a light coating over New York City early Saturday morning. By 7 a.m. Central Park had a total of 0.5 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service. Flakes tapered off a little after 7 a.

The NYC area could see significant snow this weekend for the first time in years, with "the potential for up to 6 inches." Here's the forecast.