Montana Doppler Radar Detects Local Ski Area’s Chairlifts

An anomaly was detected yesterday on Doppler Radar in Montana by a self-proclaimed weather geek and certified NWS Skywarn spotter when a small area of orange and red echoes made an appearance southwest of Billings in calm weather conditions.

The observer tweeted about it and The National Weather Service responded:

https://twitter.com/andrewbwx/status/851471370399744002

The National Weather Service Billings believes curious turbulence during an otherwise still day was determined likely associated with chairlifts at the Red Lodge Mountain ski area.  Pretty cool!

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Excellent question! I believe it is the ski lifts on @RedLodgeMntn! Amazing what the radar can see. 🙂 #MTwx https://t.co/0OjD89RXZG

— NWS Billings (@NWSBillings) April 10, 2017

 

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