just a day before, they were way out in their prediction. only a 50 degree drop forecast!
9 Oct: CNN: Temperatures could drop ***50 degrees in 24 hours ahead of historic snowfall
by Judson Jones & Jennifer Gray
An intense and potentially historic fall snowstorm is expected to dump feet of snow starting Wednesday across portions of the north-central United States...
Other notable temperature drops this week include:
• Amarillo: From 85 degrees to 29 degrees in 36 hours
• Minneapolis: From 65 degrees to 33 degrees in 33 hours
• Kansas City: From 71 degrees to 41 degrees in 15 hours
• Albuquerque: From 70 degrees to 29 degrees in 15 hours
• Oklahoma City: From 74 degrees to 39 degrees in 18 hours
• Lubbock: From 80° to 34° in 16 hours
• Chicago: From 68 degrees to 38 degrees in 18 hours
Snow totals could break records
The National Weather Service office in Bismarck is referring to this storm as a “potentially historic October winter storm”, as parts of 10 states are under some sort of winter watch, warning or advisory from the northern Rockies to the northern Plains...
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/09/weather/snowstorm-colorado-dakota-montana/index.html
I am actually amazed at how well they forecast temps, wind speeds, precipitation and pressure. They started predicting the cold and snow here a couple of weeks ago and it came about very close to the original numbers.
The last updated prediction yesterday for my town, before this hit, was 4 inches of snow and 24 for a high today. I got 5 inches of snow and the high was 29.7. Not bad for a small town, where a very small number of people care what the weather will be, in a mountain valley with lots of topographical variables.