A Snowy Surprise Early This Morning. Warming Kicks In for the Weekend into Next Week

After about several hours of receiving nothing due to a mid level front that passed through at a rather bad time with downsloping occurring, squeezing out the moisture as it falls, I had nearly gave up on seeing something here until around 4 am when flurries finally reached the surface.  From there, the snow had increased a good bit to a flizzard with a brief period of moderate snow falling.  Beautiful stuff for sure.  Accumulation ended up with a "heavy" dusting (if you will) making a nice coating on the grass and the tops of certain objects.  The event only lasted to about 7am, which by then clouds were beginning to break, signifying the upcoming change and the melting of what snow was left on the surface.  Interesting that Charlotte of all places was seeing rain with just a bit of flurries at the end. 

We should continue to see clear conditions with temperatures getting into the upper 40s.  By the weekend period, 50s to 60s will be the new highs and possibly getting close to the 70 degree mark for a part of next week!  For those of you wanting warmth, you got it with the way our pattern is changing which is allowing what you would normally see in a La Nina winter in the SE states during February.  My idea of a return to a colder and possibly wintry(?) pattern is still in the back of my mind near the end of this month and into a part of March, which by this point we may see another system or two develop before winter is all said and done.  We'll see though.  For now, enjoy the upcoming warmth and take it easy.  Make it a good day everyone!