In a sequence of GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm), Near-Infrared “Snow/Ice” (1.61 µm) and Day Snow-Fog RGB images (above), areas that received a significant accretion of ice — via sleet and/or freezing rain/drizzle from a significant winter storm — appeared as darker shades of gray to black in the 1.61 µm... Read More

The wide-ranging high-impact storm that brought snowfall in a long band from the Southern Plains to the eastern Great Lakes and New England, as shown here (analysis from this website), and severe weather to Mississippi and Alabama, produced significant icing over the mid-south. With the icing came power outages, as shown in this screenshot (from 1410 UTC on 4 February 2022)... Read More