Warmer Winter Expected

Temperatures in Georgia are about fifteen degrees higher than typical for this time of year. And forecasters at the national weather service expect that trend to continue, as they predict a warmer winter season in 2009.

That doesn’t mean the air won’t get cold. By New Years day, forecasters expect temperatures to drop off by ten degrees. Still, forecasters say an above normal winter could produce some days much higher than the seasonal average.

This current warm air is courtesy of an air stream from the Gulf of Mexico. More tropical air could flood the southeast, as ocean waters stay warm into the winter. Forecasters do not believe these warmer highs in the southeast is due to global, man made climate change.