J.R. wrote:Yeah, worst winter in 40 years or so. Global warming is a bitch.
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Daily cold records shatter around region
3:40 AM, Feb. 26, 2011
Written by KIMBALL BENNION Great Falls Tribune Staff Writer
Temperature records for the lowest highs and lows across northcentral Montana were either tied or shattered like icicles on Friday.
Cut Bank took the top spot for the coldest place in the state — and the nation Friday — recording a low of 35 degrees below zero. Elsewhere, high temperatures in places such as Valier, Choteau and Lewistown broke records by never cracking zero.
Friday's bitter cold temperatures were the latest in a series of rollercoaster temperatures that have hit the region during an active and long-lasting winter. A dense arctic air mass fluctuating along the eastern portion of the Continental Divide has caused a kind of yo-yo effect in temperatures since November. ...
The weather service issued dual advisories for wind chill and winter weather today for most of northcentral Montana. The wind chill may make it feel like the temperature is 40 degrees below zero today.
Southwest winds of 10 to 20 miles per hour along the Rocky Mountain Front were expected to develop early this morning, increasing to 20 to 40 mph with gusts of 50 mph possible by this afternoon. Winds of 20 to 30 mph tomorrow are expected in Cascade and Chouteau counties and along the Hi-Line.
The winds probably will cause drifting snow today, with visibility reduced to less than half a mile at times, especially in open areas.
Temperatures will drop again as the cold air from the north moves back into the area by Monday evening or so, Williamson said. By Wednesday, the region could see temperatures as high as the 30s, but the warm-up isn't expected to last long before another drop below freezing by next weekend.
"Looks like we're going to be on a rollercoaster ride here," Williamson said.
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I think it was around -25 here in Great Falls when I awoke Friday morning. My wife's SUV wouldn't start when she tried to come home from work Thursday evening. Then the wind was hell last night and the first half of today. The snow drift in my driveway was a bear this evening.