Satellite signatures of a Nor’easter along the US East Coast
GOES-16 Mid-level (6.9 µm) Water Vapor images, with hourly plots of precipitation type [click to play animation | MP4]
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images displayed the well-defined center of the Nor’easter as it moved eastward off the coast of Long Island, Rhode Island and Massachusetts on 17 December (below).
![GOES-16 "Red" Visible images [click to play animation | MP4]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/images/2020/12/neus_vis-20201217_160326.png)
GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images [click to play animation | MP4]
![NOAA-20 VIIRS Visible (0.64 µm), Near-Infrared (1.61 µm) and Infrared Window (11.45 µm) images [click to enlarge]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/images/2020/12/201217_1639utc_noaa20_viirs_infrared_visible_nearInfrared_New_England_convective_billows_anim.gif)
NOAA-20 VIIRS Visible (0.64 µm), Near-Infrared (1.61 µm) and Infrared Window (11.45 µm) images [click to enlarge]
![Comparison of Visible, Near-Infrared and Infrared Window images from NOAA-20 and GOES-16 [click to enlarge]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/images/2020/12/201217_1639utc_noaa20_vs_goes16_infrared_visible_nearInfrared_New_England_convective_billows_anim.gif)
Comparison of Visible, Near-Infrared and Infrared Window images from NOAA-20 and GOES-16 [click to enlarge]
![GOES-16 Visible, Near-Infrared, Infrared Window and Day Cloud Phase Distinction RGB images [click to enlarge]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/images/2020/12/nengl_rgb_obs-20201217_165526.png)
GOES-16 Visible, Near-Infrared, Infrared Window and Day Cloud Phase Distinction RGB images [click to play animation | MP4]
Here's a quick recap of the snowfall from this week's nor'easter. An extremely heavy band of snow lead to 40+ inch reports in four different states: PA, NY, VT, and NH. Two potential state records for 24-hour snowfall would require additional verification. https://t.co/1wii3BsFlz pic.twitter.com/RSsxEZloaA
— NWS Weather Prediction Center (@NWSWPC) December 18, 2020