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Daily Maximum and Minimum Temperature Forecasts and the Influence of Snow Cover
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1977
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EngineeringExtreme WeatherWeather ForecastingClimate ModelingEarth ScienceSocial SciencesSnow CoverApplied MeteorologyForest MeteorologyDaily MaximumClimate ForecastingClimate ChangeHydrometeorologyMeteorologyGeographyMinimum Temperature ForecastsWarm BiasCryosphereForecastingMinimum TemperatureClimate DynamicsClimatologyUrban ClimateSnow Avalanche
Abstract Research into the relationship between snow cover and observed maximum and minimum temperature is reviewed. An example of the importance of snow cover and forecasting max/min temperatures is presented for this past winter (1976–77). It is shown that there was a warm bias in the MOS temperature forecasts for the northern Great Plains following the receipt of a fresh cover of snowfall. It is proposed that snow cover be incorporated as a conditional predictor to be used only during specific synoptic conditions.