密歇根新闻广播 二月出现历史最高温 异常却在意料之中

Some folks in Michigan were walking around outside with t-shirts this past weekend, and just in case you haven't checked the calendar, it's February! It's just the latest chapter in the often unpredictable and strange weather here in the Great Lakes State.

This has caused some problems for a number of events in Michigan, especially in the lower peninsula. The Michigan Pond Hockey Classic on Whitmore Lake was canceled, however, the U.P. Pond Hockey Championship had just barely¹ enough ice on Chain Lake near St. Ignace to keep the event on schedule.

Elsewhere, Michigan Tech's Winter Carnival² and the massive³ ice sculptures that come with it just missed the warm weather as the annual event was held the weekend before last.

Ernie Ostuno is a meteorologist with the National Weather Service and he joined Stateside to talk about this sudden burst of warm weather we received.

"It's unusual, but not unprecedented," said Ostuno. "I think you'd see something like this on an average of about 15 years or so."

Listen to the full interview above to hear why we're getting this weather in February, if fruit growers should be concerned and how long we can expect this warm spell to last.

1 barely   

adv.仅仅，几乎没有，几乎不

参考例句：

• The male bird is barely distinguishable from the female.雄鸟和雌鸟几乎无法辨别。
• He took barely enough money to keep the children in bread.他赚很少的钱仅够孩子们勉强糊口。

2 carnival   

n.嘉年华会，狂欢，狂欢节，巡回表演

参考例句：

• I got some good shots of the carnival.我有几个狂欢节的精彩镜头。
• Our street puts on a carnival every year.我们街的居民每年举行一次嘉年华会。

3 massive   

adj.巨大的，大规模的，大量的，大范围的

参考例句：

• A massive sea search has failed to find any survivors.经过大规模的海上搜救仍未找到幸存者。
• He drank a massive amount of alcohol.他喝了大量的烈酒。