After a near-record warm day on Thursday, we will remain mild throughout the weekend. Rain chances remain possible Friday, with a slim chance for some to see a few snowflakes mix in. We clear out into Saturday, with highs down in the 30s. Another incredibly mild day is in store Sunday with highs near 50!
Looking beyond the weekend, there is an interesting pattern that sets up aloft. This map shows temperatures about a mile up in the sky and generally shows where mild and cold air masses are. The Stateline will be directly between the warm and cold air masses, with the freezing mark directly overhead. Sometimes this can be the guide for weather systems to track along, but that proximity to the freezing mark overhead can also lead to differing precipitation types between systems with the rain/snow line likely developing near the freezing mark overhead.
This is an example of one of the weather systems that will track along that freezing line next week. We will have a more moisture-laden pattern with at least a slim chance for precipitation nearly every day from Thursday-on. It will not be raining all the time, but every day has at least a slim chance. Temperature-wise, we will be in the low/mid 30s for highs and 20s for lows, a bit above average.
That more active pattern looks to continue into the first week of February, with a slight favorability to see above average precipitation between the 4th-8th, per the Climate Prediction Center outlook. The same outlook for temperature favors neither above nor below average temperatures, indicating that buy and large we will be nearer our average temperatures of low 30s for highs and teens for lows.
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