A few flurries this weekend - warmer next week

Good afternoon. After a very active and snowy period last week, (15" of snow in 6 days) mother nature has finally given us a break, and in fact, there really hasn't been much happening weather-wise this week, except cold temperatures. The morning lows have dropped near 0 in some areas over the past several mornings, thanks to clear skies and snow on the ground.

Out of all places getting a winter storm in the U.S., it is southwest Texas today! Some of those areas could pick up 8" of snow. I'm sure snow-lovers in Chicago are shaking their heads right about now, because Chicago hasn't even received their first inch of snow yet this season. 

For us, the only system of note is a very weak system passing over-head later Saturday into Sunday. Light snow showers or basically flurries are possible with this, but no accumulation out of this. Not even enough to cause any travel issues the way it looks at this time. Below is a look at the GFS for this time-frame, and it is showing basically light flurries passing by.

Temperatures will run close to the freezing mark this weekend, but we will warm way above freezing as we head into next week. It looks like we may hit the 40's by Tuesday, and the 40's may continue for much of the second half of next week!

The milder pattern doesn't look to last too long. I think a colder and stormier pattern should return by mid-month. The image below is the European model 240 hours out, showing colder air sweeping in from the west by the 13th.

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