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Category: Suomi NPP

Ice leads in the eastern Beaufort Sea

A sequence of Suomi-NPP VIIRS Visible images (above) showed the formation of large ice leads in the eastern Beaufort Sea — as well as the growth of a polynya adjacent to the coast near the Alaska/Yukon border — during the 5-day period from 07-11 March 2025.Suomi-NPP VIIRS Shortwave Infrared images... Read More

One long Lake Effect Snow band in February

Very cold air over the Great Lakes on 17 February helped lead to the development of one long Lake-Effect Snow (LES) band that stretched from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan east-southeastward to Lake Huron then over the Bruce Peninsula and into eastern Lake Ontario and on to the Tug Hill... Read More