Happy Friday Eve! We’re off to another chilly start this Thursday morning as light snow sweeps into the Piedmont Foothills on the back side of Wednesday’s rainmaking system. While accumulations are unlikely, temperatures will take a step back this afternoon as highs struggle to clear the 20s and 30s across the board. Lows dip into the teens and 20s Friday morning before southwesterly winds bring a major warm-up to the lower elevations; highs likely crack 50° in the Queen City for the first time in two weeks. Another incoming cold front will keep the mountains much colder as jet-stream-enhanced northwesterly flow smacks the High Country with a widespread 3-6″+ of snow between Friday afternoon and Sunday morning. The Metro could see a stray rain shower or two on Friday, but precipitation chances remain few and far between through the weekend as a dominant ridge of high pressure sets up shop over the Eastern Seaboard. Temperatures are trending a bit cooler this weekend – highs will be in the 20s, 30s, and 40s across the board on Saturday and Sunday – but a big-time climb in the mercury department arrives as we start February’s second workweek. Aided by sunshine and southwesterly winds, highs likely climb into the 60s across the Piedmont Foothills for the first time in a month by next Tuesday. Today: AM clouds flurries. PM partly-to-mostly sunny. High: 40°. Wind: NE 5-15. Tonight: Variable clouds early, then mostly clear. Cold. Low: 25°. Wind: Light. Friday: Partly cloudy. Noticeably warmer with a stray shower. High: 52°. Wind: SW 5-15. Gusts: 20+ Friday Night: Partly cloudy. Chilly. Low: 31°. Wind: NW 5-15. Saturday: Cool sunshine. Chilly breezes. High: 44°. Wind: NW 5-15. Gusts: 20+ ...read more read less