5PM - Minneapolis 43 degrees, Chicago 41 degrees, Bismark 36 degrees...
Mild air is on the move... :(

It's not that bad, I'm fed up with this winter. The sooner it ends the better, we always have next year to look forward too

Still think we will get some more cold air and a chance at a pretty good snow event between now and mid-march

Short-lived warm-up. Low/mid 40's for a couple days then back into the middle 30's towards the end of the week into the weekend. I also believe the Feb 26th-Mar 6th period is the time frame to watch for one last chance at a snowstorm per my post last night.

If we get snow great I love it, if we don't I wont be as mad because this winter has been full of heart break

by the time mid march comes I want the mild weather, plus Im running out of wood for my woodburning stove >:(

That old newspaper sure does come in handy.

I'm with you RGW - by mid March bring me 55 every day. Strong sun makes me want spring weather and snow is a mess 24-36 hours later in that time period anyway. We missed our timeline for snow this year, wasting all of December, much of January and lacking a good pattern with this entrenched cold. 8 degree sleet is sending us all a message which says loud and clear that this was not our year.  We were not alone and had plenty of company in a real bad snow year as a whole for much of the US. Mid March is not a time priod I want to make up for the December-January miss nor this mis-use of cold air since the pattern change got here. 9" of YTD snow here - enough said.