Temperature Jackson, WY
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On Sunday at 10:25am local, Windy was reporting the Jackson, WY temperature as 20 degrees. Actual temperature was closer to zero degrees and the airport was reporting -2 degrees. Something is wrong with your data input.
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@tjmccann
Jackson is located in a high up basin.
It is known that global weather models are not so good at forecasting temperature at this altitude (7000ft) with surrounding mountains.
The weather station at Jackson Hole airport reports a lower temperature than that predicted by the ECMWF model.
(Display Reported temperature and click the WX station to compare reported and predicted temperatures)
There is quite a big discrepancy.
But if you select METEOBLUE model which is a better model in mountains, you see that temperatures match quite well
METEOBLUE model is only available at point forecast, not as weather layers.
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Thank you. So to make sure I understand correctly, when Windy says the temp now is x degrees, that is the forecast temp and not the actual temp?
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@tjmccann
Yes, it is a forecast temperature which is computed by the weather model you have selected. Observed temperature is shown in Windy at weather stations that you can display when you tick Reported temperature.
