Here's the weather outlook from AM Tuesday to AM Saturday. There will be a couple of clipper systems that scoot through the region and both will bring a light snow chance to parts of Minnesota. The first one moves through around midweek and the second pushes through on late Thursday and early Friday. The best chance of minor snow accumulations will be across the northern part of the state.

Here's the snowfall potential through AM Saturday, which shows the best chance of snow across the northern half of the state. There could be some plowable snow across in the far northeastern part of the state.

Here's the 850mb temp anomaly from AM Tuesday to AM Saturday. Note the milder oranges and reds in place through the early part of the week. The warmest day will be Tuesday with highs running nearly +10F to +20F above average for early February. Temps will be slightly cooler during the second half of the week before a bigger cool blob settles in this weekend.

Here was the snow depth as of Monday morning. Note that there is very little snow across South Dakota, which will help temps warm to near 50F or more on Tuesday. There is a pretty decent snow pack across much of Minnesota and especially across the northern two-thirds of the state, where some 6" to 12" plus tallies are being reported.

Here's the snowfall so far this season. The Twin Cities has seen nearly 34" since January 1st, which is slightly above average. Meanwhile, Duluth has seen is nearly 53" and is slightly below average

The weather outlook for Minneapolis on Tuesday shows mostly quiet weather through the day with temps warming to near 40F. There is a slight chance of light rain/snow late in the day and evening.

The hourly temps for Minneapolis on Tuesday show temps starting in the lower 20s with highs warming to near 40F by the afternoon. Southwesterly winds will turn to the west through the day and gust close to 20mph-25mph.

Feels like temps for Minneapolis on Tuesday will be a little cooler with readings feeling more like the 20s to near 30F through the day.

High temps across the region on Tuesday will be quite a bit warmer than average with readings running nearly +10F to +20F above average. Highs temps will warm into the 30s to near 40F across much of the state. Note that some locations in South Dakota will warm into the lower 50s.

The extended temperature outlook for Minneapolis over the next several days shows temps running above average on Tuesday with highs approaching 40F. The second half of the week will be a bit cooler, but will still be nearly +5F to +10F above average with highs warming to near the freezing mark or better.

The extended weather outlook suggests area of a light wintry mix through about midweek with temps running above average. It'll be a bit cooler on Saturday, but will quickly warm to at or above average temps again early next week.

According to the ECMWF & GFS extended temperature outlook, will be warmer as we head through much of the week head. There could a brief cool down on Saturday, but the next several days after that could be warmer once again.

According to NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, the 8 to 14 day temperature outlook shows below average temps lingering across the Great Lakes and the Northeast, while warmer than average temps will be in place across the Plains.

According to NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, the 8-14 Day precipitation outlook shows more active weather across much of the Central US. However, folks out west will stay dry.

With apologies to Albert, Douglas's Convoluted Theory of Relativity posits: "After 20 nights at or below zero (F) 40F above feels RELATIVELY AMAZING." Trite but true.

We were due for the weather pendulum to swing in the other direction, a "mild correction", and it's here. With few exceptions, temperatures should run milder than average into much of next week, as prevailing winds aloft howl more from the Pacific, vs. the Yukon. We may even go 7-10 days without another subzero low, although a few more negative nights are possibly before March arrives.

Old Man Winter is having a sale on clippers. One such fast-moving storm approaching from Canada may drop an inch of slush late Thursday at MSP, with plowable amounts for central and northern Minnesota. A southern storm may brush southern Minnesota with snow the middle of next week, but this far out that's more horoscope than weather prediction.

Although more numbing nights are likely, I still maintain the coldest days of winter are behind us now. Please.

TUESDAY: Partly sunny and mild. Winds: W 10-20. High: 40.

TUESDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Chane of light rain/snow. Winds: WNW 15-25. Low: 31.

WEDNESDAY: Mostly cloudy and breezy. Winds: NW 10-20. High: 34.

THURSDAY: Clouds increase, slushy inch late? Winds: S 8-13. Wake-up: 10. High: 34.

FRIDAY: Clouds, flurries and sprinkles. Winds: NW 15-30. Wake-up: 29. High: 33.

SATURDAY: Sunny and chilly. Winds: W 7-12. Wake-up: 2. High: 12.

SUNDAY: Patchy clouds, not as cold. Winds: S 8-13. Wake-up: 3. High: 29.

MONDAY: Some sun, thaw potential. Winds: NE 8-13. Wake-up: 22. High: 34.

February 8th

1996: Showers and thunderstorms bring a mix of freezing rain and rain across the eastern portion of Minnesota. In Edina, lightning damaged a house.

1933: Arctic air remains entrenched across Minnesota with a morning low of -55 at Warroad.

February 8th

Average High: 27F (Record: 50F set in 1991, 2002)

Average Low: 10F (Record: -29F set in 1899)

Record Rainfall: 1.08" set in 1966)

Record Snowfall: 5.0" set in 1905

February 8th

Sunrise: 7:23am

Sunset: 5:31pm

Hours of Daylight: ~10 hours & 7 minutes

Daylight GAINED since yesterday: ~ 2 minute & 46 seconds

Daylight GAINED since Winter Solstice (December 21st): ~ 1 Hour & 21 Minutes

0.7 Days Since First Quarter Moon

The weather outlook on Tuesday shows warmer than average temps across much of the nation. look at temps across California, where readings will warm to near 80F. In fact, highs could warm to near 90F by midweek there.

Weather conditions will remain somewhat active across the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes, where areas of rain and snow will be possible. There could be some minor snow accumulations, but there doesn't appear to be anything too major. Much of the rest of the nation will be quite and dry.

According to NOAA's Weather Prediction Center, areas of heavy precipitation will be found across parts of Central Florida. There will also be decent precipitation and snow across the Great Lakes and into the Northern New England States.

Here's the ECMWF extended snowfall outlook through next weekend, which shows areas of heavy snow north of the Great Lakes and into the Northern New England States. There will also be some heavier pockets of snow across the Spine of the Rockies and a potential winter blast in the Central & Southern Plains.

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