The weather in the Humboldt region is softening as we enter the second weekend of February.

Earlier this week at least one extreme cold warning was implemented by Environment Canada but their tune has changed since we are preparing for another stretch of above seasonal highs.

"We have a high pressure area developing into southern Montana, the Idaho area," explained Meteorologist Natalie Hazel. "It looks like it's going to sit there for quite awhile and that high pressure area will lead to winds out of the west."

For the most part daytime highs will be in the two to three degree range for the next week but as hazel explains, if it wasn't for the snow pack the mercury would climb even higher, possibly to double digit highs.

"That will play a role in terms with how the air temperature is going to behave, if there was no snow we could have really warm temperatures but because we have snow a lot of that heat is actually going to go into melting the snow."

Normals for this time of year is -20 for a low and -10 for a high. 

Hazel adds that here in mid-February we may not see another run of the extreme colds we have dealt with on a few week long basis this winter.

"There are some really cold temperatures according to some models but right now I think they are more outliers so less likely. Although they may be in the realm of a possibility I don't think that's what's going to happen."

She adds that we will still see periods of snow sporadically during the warm spell, she also warmed of road and sidewalk conditions, with melting and freezing conditions don't fare well for drivers and walkers.

You can hear more from Hazel below in her interview with Bolt FM's Clark Stork.