Snow cover in Texas
![GOES-16 Day Snow-Fog RGB and Land Surface Temperature product [click to play animation | MP4]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/images/2021/01/tx_rgb-20210101_150117.png)
GOES-16 Day Snow-Fog RGB and Land Surface Temperature product [click to play animation | MP4]
Wondering how much snow ? the winter storm brought? ? Here is a map depicting total snow fall amounts. Notice the sharp cutoff between the areas that got snow vs areas that didn’t get any! #TXwx #NMwx #Winterstorm pic.twitter.com/MMCpxTqaYS
— NWS Midland (@NWSMidland) January 1, 2021
With some areas receiving storm total accumulations of 8-15 inches, the deep snow cover kept Land Surface Temperature (LST) values from rising past the low-mid 30s F during the day — even at locations such as Fort Stockton (KFST), which remained generally cloud-free during the daytime hours (their daily maximum temperature was only 36ºF). Over adjacent bare ground areas, LST values rose into the 50s and 60s F with a full day of sunshine. Air temperatures — measured by sheltered sensors located about 5 feet above the ground — were sometimes 10-15ºF cooler than LST values over bare ground, but over deep snow cover the air temperatures were generally only 5-8ºF warmer than the LST values.
===== 02 January Update =====
![GOES-16 Day Snow-Fog RGB and Land Surface Temperature product [click to play animation | MP4]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/images/2021/01/tx_lst-20210102_230117.png)
GOES-16 Day Snow-Fog RGB and Land Surface Temperature product [click to play animation | MP4]
===== 04 January Update =====
![GOES-16 True Color RGB images on 02, 03 and 04 January [click to play animation | MP4]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/images/2021/01/GOES-16_ABI_RadC_true_color_2021003_192117Z.png)
GOES-16 True Color RGB images on 02, 03 and 04 January [click to play animation | MP4]