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Now That's Warm!

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Last update: November 5, 2009 - 2:25 PM

Enjoy it while you can. It won't stay this way for long.

Warm air now has easy access to the central part of the country because all the cold air has left. So where did the cold air go, and why did it leave? It's a matter of the steering winds in the upper atmosphere. The jet stream is always shifting north and south which is what causes dramatic air mass changes.

Currently the jet stream is directed from the Pacific Northwest toward central Canada, and it has pushed cold air aside. To fill the void, much warmer air now occupies much of the intermountain region and western Great Plains.

Friday, the entire central part of the country will have remarkably warm weather for November. Even the prairies of Canada will be way above normal; 50s in Moosejaw, Saskatchewan, are almost unheard of this time of year and yet that's how warm it will be Friday.

Think that's warm. How about the 74 degrees we are forecasting for North Platte, Neb.? Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist John Kocet.

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