A second pair of SAR observations occurred on 23 February, one at 0544 UTC (above) and one at 1647 UTC (below). The character of the two scenes is quite different. The 0544 UTC wind imagery and NRCS imagery (from this site) shows a mostly quiescent scene with widespread northeasterly winds. One arc of winds... Read More

Portland OR had a snowfall of 5.3″ on 22 February 2023, a record for the date. (Update! The snow on 22 February ended up being 10.8″, the second snowiest day of record!) The GOES-18 Clean Window Infrared (10.3) imagery animation, above, taken from the CSPP Geosphere site (direct link to animation) shows the system responsible... Read More