So speaking of those "late teens at the end of the week"-- looks like we're going to get a decent chunk of precipitation tonight, to go along with sub-freezing temps that should kick in around midnight, and then the likelihood that it's not going to get above freezing all day tomorrow. Local schools are already canceled for Thursday, and we're going to wait-and-see for Friday.
Still, it shouldn't be anything like the 9-days of sub-freezing we experienced last February, that were also accompanied by three separate ice storm events and a lot of snow in between.
Regardless, all local grocery stores and Costcos currently resemble war zones.