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[aor-rtma] poor temp analyses across western WY

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Brett Mcdonald, modified 7 Years ago.

[aor-rtma] poor temp analyses across western WY

Youngling Posts: 12 Join Date: 9/24/12 Recent Posts
Morning everyone, The operational RTMA had a very difficult time capturing cold temperatures across western Wyoming this morning.  At the HADS site in Bondurant - https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/timeseries.php?sid=BONW4&table=1&banner=off - temperatures got down to -18/-19F between 13z-14z.  Bondurant is circled in red on all three images.  And yes, the HADS site correlates very well with the COOP observer in Bondurant. #1 Obs T grid at 13Z from RIW (BONW4 -18) #2 RTMA T grid at 13Z from RIW (BONW4 +6) #3 Obs-RTMA TDiff grid at 13Z from RIW (BONW4 -24) As you can see from the difference grid, there were many other locations across Wyoming/Idaho/Utah/Colorado/Montana where the RTMA analysis was 10-15+ degrees warmer than the observations (blue areas). At this time, I haven't seen the URMA analyses or the parallel RTMA/URMA analyses. Brett McDonald RIW WY WFO - SOO