We've gone from being able to observe and analyze 100 square kilometer plots in the past down to 10 kilometers and even 1 kilometer. The clarity of the picture we're getting is analogous to a digital photograph becoming clearer as the pixels get smaller.

We've gone from being able to observe and analyze 100 square-kilometer (62 square-mile) plots in the past down to 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) and even 1 kilometer (0.62 mile). The clarity of the picture we're getting is analogous to a digital photograph becoming clearer as the pixels get smaller.

Plants emit much more moisture into the atmosphere in a shorter time than does bare ground or even the lakes. Plant photosynthesis works like a jogger perspiring because the plant loses water as it makes food.

It certainly makes us think, what other factors may be important that we should be considering and how that may improve matters further.

We will see high and low swings for the rest of winter.

The rest of winter in Indiana will continue to have swings from warmer-than-normal to colder-than-normal temperatures.