It's a slow but sure trend to pattern change...

Aside from pesty systems flying here and there...The Northeast is quiet. More wintry woes for the deep south.
System in the Plains will bring Chicago some snow tonight..but it will fall apart by week's end. 

Map above is for this evening. You can see the low in The Gulf....it will move out into the Atlantic grazing the Mid Atlantic.  Low is Mid - Mississippi Valley heads east and weaken by Friday.  High in Western Canada will take over for much of this weekend.