(WWJ) – You know that big, blazing orb in the sky that’s been obscured behind rain and snow and more rain over the last month? Well, its made its appearance again in Metro Detroit– and it’s ushering in near-record breaking weather that will feel more like spring than winter.
Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction of an early spring looks like it might hold true over Woody’s, Michigan’s official weather-predicting groundhog that said we’re stuck with winter for the next six weeks , after AccuWeather meteorologists say an unseasonably warm, spring-like pattern will set up across the state.
Experts say a strong area of high pressure will cause a bit of “weather whiplash” as Michiganders go from nearly a month of dank, cloudy weather to abruptly sunny and dry conditions.
“A large, northward bulge in the jet stream has driven all of the Arctic air out of the country,” said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Joe Lundberg , “There’s just nothing to replace it, leading to this very warm pattern for February.”