1-minute GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm, left) and Near-Infrared “Snow/Ice” (1.61 µm, right) images, with plots of hourly surface wind barbs in cyan and surface weather type in yellow [click to play MP4 animation]
Several inches of new snow followed by strong northerly winds led to widespread blizzard conditions across the Red River Valley of North Dakota and Minnesota on 11 January 2018 (
NWS Grand Forks summary). A GOES-16
(GOES-East) Mesoscale Sector had been positioned over the Upper Midwest to monitor the winter storm, providing images at 1-minute intervals — and a comparison of “Red” Visible (
0.64 µm) and Near-Infrared “Snow/Ice” (
1.61 µm) images
(above) showed the development of horizontal convective rolls that are a common feature associated with blowing snow.
from CIMSS Satellite Blog
http://ift.tt/2EzcaIT
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