GOES-16 (GOES-East) Near-Infrared “Snow/Ice” (1.61 µm) images (above) revealed a darker swath — oriented southwest to northeast, from central South Dakota to central Minnesota — highlighting areas which received an accrual of ice (from freezing rain/drizzle) during a 30 December – 31 December 2018 mixed precipitation event (surface analyses). Light to moderate Freezing Rain was... Read More