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The The Great Winter Storm As Arctic air is pushed south and east, crossing the nation causes a dramatic drop in temperatures across Central America.
Some highlights:
Casper, Wyoming
(Mountain Time)
In the 18 hours between 7:40 a.m. Wednesday and 1:35 a.m. Thursday, the temperature dropped 70 degrees.
7:40 a.m. Wednesday: 28 degrees.
Wednesday 8am: 3 degrees.
Casper dropped 25 degrees in just 20 minutes on Wednesday.
1:35 a.m. Thursday: Minus 42 degrees
6:00 AM Thursday: Minus 35 degrees with a wind chill of minus 76 degrees.
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Denver
(Mountain Time)
It dropped 65 degrees in 16 hours.
12:58 PM Wednesday: 50 degrees.
Thursday morning 4:58: Minus 15 degrees.
The biggest dip came when the temperature dropped from 46 degrees at 3:58 pm on Wednesday to minus 1 degree at 5:58 pm in two hours to 47 degrees.
Amarillo, Texas
(Central Time)
It dropped 42 degrees in six hours.
11:53 PM Wednesday: 41 degrees.
Thursday morning 5:53: Minus 1 degree.
The wind chill this morning is minus 7 degrees.
Wichita, Kansas
(Central Time)
It dropped 36 degrees in nine hours.
9:53 PM Wednesday: 34 degrees.
Thursday morning 6:53: Minus 2 degrees.
However, the temperature dropped from 20 degrees to 32 to 12 One Wednesday 11:53 PM to 12:53 PM.
Temperatures are still dropping and are expected to drop near minus 4 Thursday morning.
Kansas City, Missouri
(Central Time)
30 degrees dropped in 6 hours.
11:54 pm (Wed): 32 degrees.
5:54 am (Thursday): 2 degrees.
Temperatures are forecast to continue to drop this morning, with temperatures near minus 7 in the afternoon.
Oklahoma City
(Central Time)
34 degrees dropped in 14 hours.
4:52 PM (Wed): 42 degrees.
6:52 am (Thursday): 8 degrees.
Today, the temperature dropped from 37 degrees at 2:52 am to 14 degrees at 4:52 am, the biggest drop was 23 degrees in 2 hours.
Temperatures are expected to drop below 4 degrees on Thursday morning.
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