Temperatures to moderate a bit as snow exits

(Precipitation at 6 a.m. CST)

Through Saturday, temperatures had been at or below freezing for four straight days, making this our longest period of freezing weather in what has been an abnormally mild winter. The influx of chilly air has also brought our first subnormal temperatures since early December.

Despite the arrival of more seasonable January weather, no significant pattern shift is underway. Instead, milder-than-average conditions are forecast to resume as the system that brought snow to much of the Midwest moves toward the East Coast. Emergent sunshine could prompt a return of thawing temperatures as early as Sunday afternoon. Increasing southwest winds Monday and Tuesday are to deliver a stronger push of milder air. Readings are forecast to approach 40 degrees before moderately colder air arrives midweek.

NATIONAL FORECAST