{"id":31945,"date":"2019-02-21T18:59:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T18:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=31945"},"modified":"2019-02-22T19:30:32","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T19:30:32","slug":"lake-effect-snow-in-nevada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/31945","title":{"rendered":"Lake effect snow in Nevada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lake Effect Snow off Pyramid Lake will affect the morning commute for much of Reno-Sparks. Accumulations up 3 inches with locally heavier amount through noon today. Slow down when in the band. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LakeEffect?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LakeEffect<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ul2RJRb46F\">pic.twitter.com\/ul2RJRb46F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NWS Reno (@NWSReno) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSReno\/status\/1098561867948134400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 652px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/190221_goes17_infrared_Reno_NV_les_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/rno_ir-20190221_142619.png\" alt=\"GOES-17 \" width=\"642\" height=\"368\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-17 &#8220;Clean&#8221; Infrared Window<em> (10.3 \u00b5m)<\/em> images [click to play animation | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/190221_goes17_infrared_Reno_NV_les_anim.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>GOES-17 <em>(GOES-West)<\/em> &#8220;Clean&#8221; Infrared Window (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band13.pdf\"><strong>10.3 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images <em><strong>(above)<\/strong><\/em> showed an unusual lake effect snow feature downwind of Pyramid Lake in northwestern Nevada on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/dailywxmap\/index_20190221.html\"><strong>21 February 2019<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; the surface visibility dropped to 0.5 mile with moderate snow as ihe lake effect cloud moved over Reno-Tahoe International Airport <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/190221_KRNO_SFCMG.GIF\"><strong>around 16 UTC<\/strong><\/a>. Prior to that, the lake effect snow also affected portions of Interstate 80 in the Patrick area.<\/p>\n<p>A morning overpass of the NOAA-19 satellite provided a 1-km resolution Infrared Window (10.8 \u00b5m) image of the lake effect cloud at 1254 UTC <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em>. The coldest cloud-top infrared brightness temperature on that image was -46\u00baC.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/190221_1254UTC_NOAA19_IR_RENO_NV_2.GIF\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/190221_1254UTC_NOAA19_IR_RENO_NV_2.GIF\" alt=\"NOAA-19 AVHRR Infrared Window (10.8 \u00b5m) image at 1254 UTC [click to enlarge]\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">NOAA-19 AVHRR Infrared Window <em>(10.8 \u00b5m)<\/em> image at 1254 UTC [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>GOES-17 cloud-top infrared brightness temperatures associated with this feature were as cold as -47\u00baC just after 15 UTC, which were very close to the tropopause temperature of -47.9\u00baC on 12 UTC <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/190221_12UTC_KREV_RAOB.TEXT\"><strong>rawinsonde data<\/strong><\/a> from Reno <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 651px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/190221_12UTC_KREV_RAOB.GIF\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/190221_12UTC_KREV_RAOB.GIF\" alt=\"Plot of 12 UTC rawinsonde data from Reno, Nevada [click to enlarge]\" width=\"641\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plot of 12 UTC rawinsonde data from Reno, Nevada [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>Although clouds often prevented a good view of Lake Pyramid, Terra MODIS Sea Surface Temperature values of 42\u00ba and 43\u00baF were sampled on 11 and 16 February <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em>. With a northerly flow of air having temperatures around 20\u00baF across such warm water, significant boundary layer instability was generated to aid the growth of the lake effect cloud feature.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/190211_190216_modis_sst_Pyramid_Lake_NV_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/190211_190216_modis_sst_Pyramid_Lake_NV_anim.gif\" alt=\"Terra MODIS Sea Surface Temperature product on 11 and 16 February [click to enlarge]\" width=\"640\" height=\"501\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Terra MODIS Sea Surface Temperature product on 11 and 16 February [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>Although the view angle from GOES-16 <em>(GOES-East)<\/em> was rather large, a Land Surface Temperature pixel mapped to the northern portion of the lake had a value of 39.3\u00baF at 1701 UTC <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 651px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/190221_1701utc_goes16_landSurfaceTemperature_Pyramid_Lake_NV.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/190221_1701utc_goes16_landSurfaceTemperature_Pyramid_Lake_NV.png\" alt=\"GOES-16 Land Surface Temperature product at 1701 UTC [click to enlarge]\" width=\"641\" height=\"370\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 Land Surface Temperature product at 1701 UTC [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lake Effect Snow off Pyramid Lake will affect the morning commute for much of Reno-Sparks. Accumulations up 3 inches with locally heavier amount through noon today. Slow down when in the band. #LakeEffect pic.twitter.com\/ul2RJRb46F \u2014 NWS Reno (@NWSReno) February 21, 2019 GOES-17 (GOES-West) &#8220;Clean&#8221; Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m) images (above) showed an unusual lake effect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":31947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,74,80,12,26,71,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avhrr","category-goes-16","category-goes-17","category-modis","category-poes","category-terra","category-winter-weather"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31945"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31992,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31945\/revisions\/31992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}