Repeat after me, "partly to mostly with a chance." People are asking me about Super Bowl weather conditions, to which I smile and shrug. The atmosphere hasn't decided what the weather map may look like Feb. 4. About two weeks before the big game we'll have a rough idea (milder, colder, wetter or drier), but specifics will have to wait until a few days before kickoff.
For the record, the average high on Feb. 4 is 26. But it was 28 in 1886 and 51 in 2005. We could see everything from blizzard conditions (doubtful) to an ice storm to melting icicles. I doubt it'll be quite this cold when the international media descends on Minnesota.
While the East Coast gets walloped with blizzard conditions, flooding and hurricane-force winds, we get to enjoy a slow IV drip of refreshing Yukon Gold into Saturday morning.
For days we've been talking about an impending shift in the pattern. Bitter air retreats north with more of a Pacific breeze by mid-January. That will mean 20s and 30s. Sweet relief. An actual snowstorm to track? Are you kidding me? No such luck, yet.
