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December 16, 2022 - Snow in the Southwestern United States
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A cold winter storm dropped both temperatures and fresh snow as it rolled across the Southwestern United States on December 12-13. Flagstaff, Arizona dropped from a relatively balmy high of 49˚F on December 10 to a high of just 28˚F on December 13, with a low temperature of 3˚F recorded on December 14. The town, which sits on the edge of the Colorado Plateau in northern Arizona’s Coconino County, reported up to seven inches of new snow by December 13. Nearby, but at a higher elevation, the Arizona Snowbowl counted more than a foot of the white stuff from the storm. Lower elevations across the region also saw colder temperatures, but precipitation was in the form of rain.
On December 14, 2022, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of the Southwestern United States shivering under the chilly temperatures with the higher elevations wore a blanket of white. The states visible in this image, from northwest clockwise are Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 12/14/2022
Resolutions:
1km (1.2 MB), 500m (3.3 MB), 250m (2.6 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
A cold winter storm dropped both temperatures and fresh snow as it rolled across the Southwestern United States on December 12-13. Flagstaff, Arizona dropped from a relatively balmy high of 49˚F on December 10 to a high of just 28˚F on December 13, with a low temperature of 3˚F recorded on December 14. The town, which sits on the edge of the Colorado Plateau in northern Arizona’s Coconino County, reported up to seven inches of new snow by December 13. Nearby, but at a higher elevation, the Arizona Snowbowl counted more than a foot of the white stuff from the storm. Lower elevations across the region also saw colder temperatures, but precipitation was in the form of rain.
On December 14, 2022, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of the Southwestern United States shivering under the chilly temperatures with the higher elevations wore a blanket of white. The states visible in this image, from northwest clockwise are Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 12/14/2022
Resolutions:
1km (1.2 MB), 500m (3.3 MB), 250m (2.6 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
