Cold weather in North America should end this week

While Northern China remains very cold, weather should warm up in North America over the next couple of days. Both Chicago and New York are forecast to warm about 10 degrees by Tuesday with further warming later in the week. Western Canada has already warmed up very significantly which could bode well for the central US. Calgary has been above 40 degrees for the last couple of days with similiar temperatures forecast for the rest of the week.

All major weather models are in agreement for a warmup starting Monday in the East, slowly moving, until Friday most of the nation is normal or above (the Canadian model has finally given up its cold bias). There is a brief cooldown in the SE starting early next week, that may move up the east cost but should be done by the following Thursday.

After that all models agree the eastern half of the country will get incredibly warm for at least a week. It has potential almost be as warm vs normal as last week was cold vs normal. See the ensemble suite:

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/short_range/NAEFS/poeabn_h264.00.gif