Warmth Arrives Over Eastern US
Last week, much of the eastern part of the country shivered under conditions that brought below freezing weather to Florida, and the coldest weather in three years to Atlanta. This week, things have turned around, and extremely warm temperatures are the rule along the Ohio River valley. Take a look at the temperatures recorded around 10 PM this evening:
For January 7th, that’s extremely warm. For example, at 9:50 PM, it was 63 in Cincinnati (about 10 degrees warmer than in Atlanta). Their normal high for this time of year is 38 degrees; yesterday was 33 degrees above normal, with a low temperature only dropping to 58. In New York, it’s currently 59, with temperatures yesterday running 22 degrees above normal. In general, the warm temperatures of the last two days have wiped out the effects of the cold spell, and for the month so far, temperatures east of the Mississippi are running one to two degrees above normal.
You can see that west of the warm weather, temperatures are much colder. This is a classic situation for thunderstorms and tornadoes. There are tornado watches in effect for northern Illinois, northern Ohio, and much of Michigan, as well as for much of Missouri. The line of storms is caused by the same system that wreaked so much havoc on Northern California and Nevada earlier this week. The storms will reach the Atlanta area Tuesday evening, and after a few days of welcome rain, we should be back to more normal temperatures, at least for a while.
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