Kayla Mazurkiewicz, a meteorologist with the weather service in Seattle, said it’s unclear whether or not the warm front is a sign of more warmer days to come, but she can’t rule it out either.

Temperatures will trend upward as the workweek starts, too, with some areas hitting records as a warm front moves north from California to Canada.

Meteorologists described the atmosphere early Wednesday as “a race between another warm front” arriving from the Pacific Coast, and an “upper level ridge” of colder air amassing to the east.

The storm system is expected to move east and drag a warm front across the area Friday, followed by a cold front Friday evening into Saturday.

The warm front is more like a giant dome of warmth; it’s spinning clockwise and shielding the Southeast and mid-Atlantic states from the storm’s effects.