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A sub-zero 7 a.m. science experiment on Lake Mendota: Meet UW-Madison’s ‘weather weenies’

It was dark with a wind chill of 25 below zero when they walked onto frozen Lake Mendota at 7 a.m.Still, a group of UW-Madison’s weather scientists and students stood outside for a little over an hour to conduct their latest experiment as the sun rose Thursday morning.