Good afternoon, folks. It’s a gorgeous looking day out there, with Friday looking and feeling even better. This blast of milder takes us into the start of the weekend, but a blast of cold follows that up to end the weekend. Overall, big changes are brewing as we close out January and say hello to February.

I have no real changes to my thoughts on the evolution of the pattern, but wanted to show a few things that continue to stand out.

The trough digging in behind the weekend rain, continues to be more impressive as we get closer…

That quick deepening of the trough can lead to periods of light snow and snow showers from Sunday night through Tuesday. The models are just now beginning to pick up on this. Here’s the GFS…

The Canadian…

Watch for this period to show up more and more as we move through the weekend.

The cold early next week may hold long enough to prevent anything more than a one day rebound in temps, before the arctic front arrives next Thursday. I like the possibility of a wave of low pressure to develop along the front, giving us a winter weather threat.

The models are consistent in showing this…

As the arctic air continues to press in across the country in the first few weeks of February, an active southern storm track is going to try and develop at the same time…

Cold and snow lovers should be excited with this kind of a pattern, and it’s one that may try to linger into early March. Your friendly weatherdude is torn on this pattern, as my spring thoughts fight with my snowy heart. 🙂

I will have updates on WKYT-TV starting at 4pm and back here on KWC this evening.

Make it a good one and take care.