With the polar jet positioned far to the north across northern and central Canada, relatively mild temps are in store for northeast Illinois this week.
Low pressure systems are forecast to track east across central Canada and the southwestern United States leaving the northern and central portions of the country under the influence of the weak extremities of stronger weather systems far to the north and south. Light southerly winds will leave readings seasonably mild, influenced primarily by cloud cover.
This weekend has been quite wintry in the Southwest where Winter Storm warnings have highlighted heavy snow. The mountainous areas of southern Colorado and northern and central New Mexico were hardest hit with from 8 to 15 inches of new snow. The Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles will total 4 to 8 inches. Amarillo, Texas received 4 inches Saturday, the first measurable snow ever on that date.
-Paul Dailey WGN-TV Meteorologist
