Early-season snowfall across the northern Plains
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GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and Day Cloud Phase Distinction Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images (above) showed multiple long, narrow northwest-to-southeast oriented swaths of snow cover extending across much of North Dakota into western Minnesota early in the day on 16 October 2020. The snow swaths — which appeared as brighter shades of green in the RGB... Read More