{"id":203,"date":"2006-10-27T23:54:39","date_gmt":"2006-10-27T23:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/2006\/10\/28\/heavy-snow-in-the-colorado-plains\/"},"modified":"2006-10-30T18:19:43","modified_gmt":"2006-10-30T18:19:43","slug":"heavy-snow-in-the-colorado-plains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/203","title":{"rendered":"Heavy snow in the Colorado plains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"MODIS true color and false color composite images\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2006\/10\/061027_modis_010403_020707.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"281\" align=\"middle\" title=\"MODIS true color and false color composite images\" id=\"image202\" alt=\"MODIS true color and false color composite images\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2006\/10\/061027_modis_010403_020707.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAn early season winter storm dumped up to 25 inches of snow across parts of Colorado on <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"26 October daily weather map\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/dailywxmap\/index_20061026.html\"><strong>26 October<\/strong><\/a> (<a title=\"snowfall reports\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crh.noaa.gov\/product.php?site=BOU&#038;product=LSR&#038;issuedby=BOU\"><strong>NWS snowfall reports<\/strong><\/a>); as fate would have it, on that particular day Alaska also reported its first below zero  temperature of the season (-7\u00cb\u0161F at Bettles), making for two ominous signs that winter is fast approaching. Aqua MODIS imagery from one day after the storm <em><strong>(above)<\/strong><\/em> shows the extent of the resulting snow cover, both in the mountains and also in the eastern Plains of the state; the false-color composite using MODIS channels 2 and 7  <em><strong>(above, right)<\/strong><\/em> displays the snow cover as dark red  features on the image. Note how the snow cover is distributed both north and south of the Palmer Divide (a west-to-east oriented ridge of higher terrain across eastern Colorado) &#8212; upslope flow played an important role in focusing heavy snowfall during different stages of the storm.<br \/>\nA closer view of the Denver area using a MODIS 500-meter resolution true color image <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em> shows  that many of the small lakes are still unfrozen, and stand out against the surrounding  snow covered land surfaces.<br \/>\n<a title=\"MODIS true color image (Denver area)\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/eosdb.ssec.wisc.edu\/modisdirect\/aqua\/calibratedImages\/2006\/300\/2006-10-27_2006-2015_HDEN_010403_QKM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"372\" align=\"middle\" title=\"MODIS true color image (Denver area)\" alt=\"MODIS true color image (Denver area)\" src=\"http:\/\/eosdb.ssec.wisc.edu\/modisdirect\/aqua\/calibratedImages\/2006\/300\/2006-10-27_2006-2015_HDEN_010403_QKM.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An early season winter storm dumped up to 25 inches of snow across parts of Colorado on 26 October (NWS snowfall reports); as fate would have it, on that particular day Alaska also reported its first below zero temperature of the season (-7\u00cb\u0161F at Bettles), making for two ominous signs that winter is fast approaching. 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