You have to squint and look very hard to find a silver lining in the non-existent storm clouds over central Illinois this spring and summer.
And the rest of the midwest, but this is a Springfield, IL paper.
Chris Miller, warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Lincoln said official figures through May show 18 tornadoes spotted in Illinois this year. "Typically, in Illinois through May you would see 35 or so tornadoes," he said.
I wonder where the jet stream is hanging out? By the way, where does the jet stream fit into the "climate models"?
He said the weather pattern has pushed the kind of weather that would cause storms far north into upper Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan and into southern Canada.
Jet stream! |