If you are sick and tired of the cold and snow in the Midwest on this brutally cold Sunday, you just need to wait a bit longer for changes as the pattern is continuing to show major signals for a big pattern flip towards the end of the month. Above you can see the European Ensemble has a rather strong ridge taking over by Christmas week which would shut off the active storm track and favor a generally warming pattern. Starting Sunday morning most of the area will be below zer

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY SATURDAY FOR SNOW COLD WEATHER ADVISORY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY Our 17-day onslaught of winter weather ends with a bang this weekend, one that features another snow system over the south and a quick but intense shot of Arctic air. For perspective, since Thanksgiving, the majority of my area has seen 10–22 inches of snow. That does not take into account what ends up falling today. Here's a larger perspective of 14 day snowfall totals, which shows the