After 1 to 3 inches of snow across the borough last night, another storm will bring a brief mix to rain tonight. Warm air wins out with this weak storm, any mixing will change to rain by midnight. The rain will not be heavy but on-and-off rain showers are expected to continue into the morning commute. There could be a moderate burst of rain timed right during the morning commute between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.. Have the umbrellas handy for the morning.

The sunshine returns by the afternoon and it will briefly be warmer, with highs soaring to near-50 degrees. The breeze becomes a colder wind at night, bringing down much colder air Thursday night and Friday. From 50 degrees Thursday afternoon, to 29 degrees Friday morning, it will be weather whiplash. Valentine's Day Friday is also dry, but colder. Highs will struggle to get to the 35-degree mark.

The coldest night this week will be Friday night with lows down to the mid-20s and feeling like the upper teens. This frigid start Saturday morning will set the stage for a much larger storm this weekend. It should start as a burst of heavy wet snow midday Saturday, with the potential for a few inches of snow before changing to ice and rain. There will be a lull in heavier precipitation at night and early Sunday before pockets of heavy rain return Sunday with a potential line of thunderstorms.

Temperatures will soar from the freezing mark Saturday afternoon to near-60 degrees Sunday afternoon. Behind the thunderstorms Sunday night, another arctic invasion of frigid air arrives early next week. Highs will be in the 20s to around 30 degrees and feels-like temperatures at night could reach zero degrees or below.

This sets the stage for the next potential storm in this parade of storms midweek next week. There is a growing chance it is "too cold to snow" again but a perfect storm track could also yield significant snow. The Climate Prediction Center currently gives the area a slight chance of heavy snow on the 20th, next Thursday. Stay tuned not only for this storm, but for the next several storms that loom afterwards as a parade of storms is continuing, and follow Allan @AWxNYC for hyperlocal updates.