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David Bernhardt, modified 4 Years ago.

Feb 12 2021 MT cold not well captured in URMA

Youngling Posts: 27 Join Date: 9/24/12 Recent Posts

Here is an analysis of temperatures at 14Z Feb 12, 2021 over central Montana. I have circled areas where the temperature was -35F or colder.

In the URMA analysis at the same time, the coldest temperature was -34.1F, in the small purple area near the center of the map, in Meagher County. While there is a colder contoured area in north central Montana, it was only -32. The colder areas were pretty well represented with several stations reporting...not just a single site reporting a cold temperature.