We still predict that the eastern U.S. will be colder than normal this winter, it's just a matter of time. I recommend everyone take advantage of the next couple of weeks and do everything they need to outside because the cold will come.
Phil the groundhog must be wondering why he bothered hibernating this winter.
People wonder, hey, what's going on with our climate. But we've seen these kind of heat waves in southwest Europe before.
If we knew, we would have been able to do a better job of forecasting. We thought in December the cold would take a break. But we didn't think it would take so long or flip this dramatically.
Farther west temperatures will be even higher. In St. Louis temperatures are expected to rise to 80 degrees tomorrow. They have a shot at the record, which is 81 degrees.
Temperatures in New York have been averaging about 8 degrees above normal so far this month. Temperatures will get closer to the norm later in the week before warming up for the weekend.
Coast to coast, this is one of the warmest Januarys we have seen. So it's safe to say it will be in the top 10, or maybe the top 5.
There's been a pattern change and we are looking at temperatures in New York which will average 6 to 10 degrees below normal. Things will bottom out on Wednesday when temperatures should fall to 18 degrees when the normal low is 34.
It looks like the extremely warm temperatures, almost records, will last into next week. Tomorrow Chicago and New York will see highs of above 70 degrees. The normal high in New York is 57 degrees at this time of year.
It's colder than normal in northwestern Europe, with temperatures averaging 5 to 10 degrees below normal over the next few days. When both Europe and the U.S. are cold the impact on heating oil prices can be dramatic.
Is the world coming to an end? No -- at least not today or tomorrow.
The Jet Stream, which typically brings cold air down from Canada into the U.S. in the winter months, has for the last six weeks stayed much more northerly than usual. As a result, our weather has been dictated by a warmer air mass coming across the U.S. from the Pacific Ocean.
