Feeling The Heat? Experts Say 2006's Temps Set Records
Meteorologist Say Change Is Coming In Mid-February
Updated: 1:09 pm CST February 1, 2006
MADISON, Wis. -- The warmer-than-usual temperatures in Wisconsin this month are of historic proportions.Record keepers said that it's the warmest start to a year since 1880.University of Wisconsin-Madison research meteorologist Scott Bachmeier said that it's pretty amazing given the magnitude of how much warmer it is compared to normal.An entrenched jet stream is causing the moderate temperatures. Meteorologists said that it's trapped Arctic air north of the United States and has been in place since Dec. 22.Bachmeier said that computer models suggest a change coming in mid-February, when some of that Arctic air could move south into Wisconsin.The warm pattern has set a record for consecutive winter days with a high temperature above 30 degrees. That streak is now at 42 days in southern Wisconsin. The previous record was 31 days, in the winter of 1931-'32.
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