Want to impress a Norwegian? Of course you do. Try this: “Classic blåføre today.” Meaning the snow is dry and skiing will have perfect grip with temperatures in the 20s. Follow up with: “The snow is silkeføre.” Meaning snow that feels like velvet or silk under your skis, making for effortless gliding. Hey, I’m almost fluent!
Sunday’s whopping 1 to 3 inches of snow falling at 20 to 25 degrees was “perfect snow,” and if you like to slide around in the crystalline magic, get outside the next few days. Temperatures in the 30s return by Thursday, with a few 40s next week. Any snow still on the ground will be “holke,” or snow that has melted, refrozen and turned into a sheet of unskiable, treacherous ice.
After 11 days of temperatures well below average, the weather pendulum is about to swing in the opposite direction, with vague hints of early March next week.
If it were up to me (it’s not), I would welcome 20s and a foot of snow every other week. But the pattern isn’t ripe for heavy snow the next couple of weeks.
At MSP, January is running 2.5 degrees colder than average.
