Something making this warmup different?

[rjgoniea]

Warm spells in winter are nothing new to me. But this one seems different. It seems that normally, weather this warm in winter is accompanied by some strong south winds, generally in the 30mph and up range. But I've been outside much of the day and the wind has not been anywhere near that strong. Just wondering what are the factors that have given MI this 'heat wave'.

Thanks
Bob G

 

[jd]

You are right in thinking that most of the time to bring in some strong temperature anomalies, you need to have some fairly strong winds in place to do the importing.

In this case, the process has been a little more gradual, in that temps over the past few days have been easing their way up, rather than going from 20 degree highs one day to 50 degree highs the next.

The cold coming in the next day or two will have some wind with it though.

-John