This is not the year that Lake Mendota stays unfrozen.
>From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=557362
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Ice covers Lake Mendota, the latest freeze since 1931
Posted: Jan. 25, 2007
The last time the water froze this late on Lake Mendota, America was in
the depths of the Great Depression.
The Wisconsin State Climatology Office confirmed Thursday that ice
first covered Lake Mendota in Madison on Saturday - Jan. 20.
The record for the latest freeze is Jan. 30, and it was recorded in
1931, according to climatologists at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison.
Records go back 152 years.
The reason for the slow freeze this season is record-breaking high
temperatures in December and early January.
But figures from the state climatology office reveal that since 1979
there has been a gradual slowing in the freezing of the lake.
Weather certainly plays a key role, but part of the reason for the
warming trend can be attributed to global warming, State Climatologist
John Young said.
The freeze was predicted about 10 days in advance with the help of
computer model forecasts.
But for confirmation, UW scientists peered out at the lake from the
13th floor of the Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Science Building on
campus.
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end quote. I wonder why they didn't go up to the 15th. Or even the
roof.
When I was a student there, there was a "what to do in case of a
tornado" safety poster that had been defaced posted in the building.
The standard advice had been crossed out, and the text "grab a camera
and head for the roof" was scrawled beside it.
mt
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