'We're like a basketball player on steroids': Meteorologist's warning as U.S. basks in record temperatures for first three months of 2012

Weather records for the first three months of the year have been smashed as the U.S. continues to enjoy a sun-blessed start to 2012.

Temperatures in the lower 48 states, which include Washington and California, were 8.6 degrees above normal for March and six degrees higher than average for the first three months of the year, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The balmy weather has sparked fresh concerns from meteorologists over global warming with one climate scientist claiming it is the weather equivalent of a basketball player on steroids.

Jerry Meehl, a climate scientist who specializes in extreme weather at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, said: 'Everybody has this uneasy feeling. This is weird. This is not good. Read More