University Daily Kansan/Thursday, January 19, 1989
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Taking advantage of the warm weather, Lannie Ornburn, Olathe freshman, and Derek Fobes, Salina sophomore, play a game of basketball. They played Tuesday on the courts near Joseph R. Pearson Hall.
Students enjoy warm January
by Brett Brenner
Kansan staff writer
Susan Baldwin couldn't believe it. She felt like washing the dirt and grime off of her car in the middle of January.
"It's so nice outside. If it were really winter, I would probably just look out the window at my car and not do anything." said Baldwin, Troy, Mo., junior.
Troy, N.J., June 14
After several bone-chilling winters, Kansas has for the most part avoided the wrath of Mother Nature. An unusual jet stream position is raising the unseasonably warm weather, encouraging some people to spend more time outdoors than they usually would. But the temperatures also have caused problems for some Kansas farmers.
Mike Heathfield, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in
Topeka, said that because the unique wind patterns that caused this summer's drought were still affecting the state, temperatures would stay mild through the weekend.
The cold Canadian air that usually flows from the northwest to the southeast over Kansas is trapped over southern Canada and the Great Lakes region. The warm sub-tropical air that normally retreats to the Caribbean dries in winter is flow-able over southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, and the Red River Valley of Texas, Heathfield said.
The lack of precipitation, also caused by the wind shift, has continued to lead to some problems, said Craig Martin, associate professor of botany.
"The continuing drought may become a larger problem next summer," Martin said. "Because of the sub-soil water being lost, a mild summer drought could be devastating."
The lower underground water level, due to lack of rain and snow, would leave the roots of plants without any reservoir to draw upon to keep them alive when the top soil dries out. Martin said.
The 90-day forecast from the National Weather Service, which extends through March, calls for temperatures to be above normal and for precipitation to fall behind. Normal temperatures range from 16 to 36 degrees.
Mike Duckworth, Elkhart junior, spent Monday afternoon playing softball with friends.
"It's not very often that we get weather like this in the middle of January," he said.
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