Welcome to February! After only seeing 9” of snow in January we now have a grand total for the year of 17” here in Duluth. Our current snowpack around the region is the lowest it has ever been on record entering the month of February. Even though we had some sunshine early this morning the clouds returned for the remainder of the day. This is a good thing in conserving what is left or our snowpack. However, the return of warmer conditions and sunshine heading into the weekend and much of next week looks as if our snowpack and ice will take a severe hit.

Over the next week around the Northland temperatures are going to climb well into mid to upper 40s beginning Saturday. There also isn’t much precipitation in the forecast. We may see some rain mixing with some snow by late Wednesday into Thursday. Winds will also pick up during this time too. It finally looks as if we’ll see some cooler weather around February 10th. It may start to feel like winter again for a little bit longer.

TONIGHT
Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Breezy, with an east wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
FRIDAY
Early AM fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 36. East wind around 10 mph.
SATURDAY
Sunny, with a high near 39. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
SUNDAY
Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
MONDAY
Partly sunny, with a high near 43. North wind around 5 mph becoming east in the afternoon.
TUESDAY
Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.
WEDNESDAY
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Southeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.
THURSDAY
A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Breezy, with a southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.