It’s important to note that while long range Barney colors look cool and evoke “deep winter”, by mid-late-February, much of this forum is averaging +/- 60 degrees for highs. It would take some really deep cold to get folks in the game.
Because we just had a historically cold January and the rubber band has to snap back at some point, coupled with the fact that in the South, February is the beginning of transition to spring.