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National Weather Service Discusses Unusual Weather Patterns of Last Few Years

What is going on with the weather and when are things going to break?

 

That is probably the first thing you think when you walk outside and it is well below freezing. While cold weather isn't unusual in March and even April, Chris Miller with the National Weather Service in Lincoln says the last few years, the prolonged cold has been very unusual.

 

 

Miller says the month of December and the early part of January were a little warmer than usual. He explains the science surrounding what has happened regarding the polar vortex.

 

 

The drastic changes in weather and the lack of pronounced seasons in Illinois and the midwest leads many to point to the polarizing term, global warming. Miller outlines what they have seen from a scientific perspective on climate change.

 

 

Long term, Miller says anticipate big temperature swings late in March and then April and also notes, they are looking at above normal precipitation late in the spring.

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