At least the guys ice fishing are happy......
I think they are going to have more fun times.
From a report by my weather guru... Rufus
The Polar Express air mass will make the news to our east, as this round could be one of the coldest in quite sometime. For the eastern 1/2 of the nation, temps may drop 15-20+ degrees colder than that experienced the past several days. The panhandle of FL may also get frost issues by Tue night.
The PNW will continue dry for 2 days or 4 days next week. Some solutions bring a weak system into WA Wed, but that is less likely than one that could break the dry spell by Fri Feb 1. Again, that, too, is a maybe, as the wx models have drifted all over on the turn back to damp later next week. It must be shared that we still see (as repeated outlier solutions) an Arctic Event that may strike the PNW during the first few days of Feb, or by the 8th.
Moisture arriving on Friday, if it does, could be followed by cooler conditions, or even - as some solutions have presented - VERY COLD conditions with a strong Fraser Gap Outflow and valley snow. Too early to make sure on this, so stay tuned. There are some charts indicating mild and damp for Feb 2-5. Either way, the next threat for cold wx here in the PNW (yeah, valley snowfall too) is in the Feb 7-9 period. Lots of atmospherics have to happen, as we all know, to get low level snowfall.. For now, we’ll simply point out the possibilities and wait for the outcome.
