March 2, 2024 Prefrontal winds and Fropa

 March 2 will be one of the strongest frontal passages of the past several years with extensive prefrontal winds and dust followed by convection and lightning during the frontal passage and  accumulating snow through the evening.

Max winds from Alex Jacques: https://home.chpc.utah.edu/~u0790486/wxinfo/cgi-bin/wxmap_24h_peak_wind.cgi?latcen=41.16521551363405&loncen=-112.47940063476562&net=0&zoom=9&limit=50


Peak wind time series from Brian Blaylock tool: https://blaylockbk.github.io/SynopticPy/timeseries/







Radar evolution from NCAR RAL: https://weather.rap.ucar.edu/radar/displayRad.php?icao=KMTX&prod=BREF&bkgr=gray&endDate=20240302&endTime=-1&duration=6

Radar images at various times:








Fropa. Temperature drops as much as 7C in 11 minutes on campus








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