Despite Winter, East Keeps Warm
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The East Coast basked in unseasonable winter warmth Tuesday, and communities set record high temperatures in the 60s, a day after records were set in cities including Boston and Baltimore.
In Owensboro, Ky., cleanup began after a tornado--more commonly seen in the spring--destroyed hundreds of homes and injured at least 18 people Monday. The tornado was blamed in part on the unusually warm weather.
Dale Mohler, senior meteorologist at the AccuWeather national weather service, pinned the warm spell on La Nina--the cooling of Pacific Ocean temperatures off the coast of South America that alters normal jet stream patterns.
The party was set to end, however, as a cold front pushed its way across the country Tuesday.
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