A Terra MODIS true color image from the SSEC MODIS Today site (above) revealed a swath of fresh snow cover across parts of Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia on 20 January 2008. Snowfall amounts in the state of Alabama (which fell on the previous day) were as high as 5.8 inches near Verbena, 5.0 inches at Orrville, and 4.0... Read More

The coldest arctic air of the 2007/2008 winter season (so far) settled in over the Great Lakes region on 19-20 January 2008. Most reporting stations in Wisconsin experienced a daytime maximum temperature below 0ºF on 19 January, with the coldest overnight minimum temperature on 20 January of -34ºF at Nekoosa in central Wisconsin. As this cold air streamed eastward across Lake Michigan, ice began to form along... Read More