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January 11, 2025 - Lingering Snow in the United States
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Three days after the last of a wide-ranging, snow-dumping, powerful winter storm rolled off the Atlantic Coast, much of the Great Plains and Mid-Atlantic United States were still shivering under the snowy aftermath.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this true-color image on January 9, 2025. At that time, snow from the storm unofficially dubbed “Winter Storm Blair” stretched from eastern Kansas, in the west to the Atlantic Coast from Maine to Virginia. According to the National Weather Service’s National Snow Analysis maps, snow depth in the center of the swath remained at about 4 – 10 inches (10-25 cm), with lower depth around the edges of the center.
Fingers of clouds encroach on the scene from the southeast. This is the leading edge of a second January storm making an approach. Called Winter Storm Cora by the Weather Channel, the new storm has been dropping snow and ice in southern regions that are not accustomed to winter storms. By January 10, icy roads and foul weather caused more than 1,000 flight delays in the Atlanta airport in Georgia, according to National Public Radio, and The Weather Channel reported more than 130,000 power outages from Florida to Virginia, with nearly half of those in Georgia alone. Winter weather alerts reach as far north as southern Maryland and Northern Virginia for expected additional winter weather expected in January 10 – 11.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 1/9/2025
Resolutions:
1km (2 MB), 500m (5.1 MB), 250m ( B)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
Three days after the last of a wide-ranging, snow-dumping, powerful winter storm rolled off the Atlantic Coast, much of the Great Plains and Mid-Atlantic United States were still shivering under the snowy aftermath.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this true-color image on January 9, 2025. At that time, snow from the storm unofficially dubbed “Winter Storm Blair” stretched from eastern Kansas, in the west to the Atlantic Coast from Maine to Virginia. According to the National Weather Service’s National Snow Analysis maps, snow depth in the center of the swath remained at about 4 – 10 inches (10-25 cm), with lower depth around the edges of the center.
Fingers of clouds encroach on the scene from the southeast. This is the leading edge of a second January storm making an approach. Called Winter Storm Cora by the Weather Channel, the new storm has been dropping snow and ice in southern regions that are not accustomed to winter storms. By January 10, icy roads and foul weather caused more than 1,000 flight delays in the Atlanta airport in Georgia, according to National Public Radio, and The Weather Channel reported more than 130,000 power outages from Florida to Virginia, with nearly half of those in Georgia alone. Winter weather alerts reach as far north as southern Maryland and Northern Virginia for expected additional winter weather expected in January 10 – 11.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 1/9/2025
Resolutions:
1km (2 MB), 500m (5.1 MB), 250m ( B)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
