{"id":44426,"date":"2022-01-28T17:11:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T17:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=44426"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:33:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T18:33:45","slug":"lake-effect-snow-over-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/44426","title":{"rendered":"Lake Effect snow over Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/G16NightMicroPhysicsRGBRadar-20220128_0641toggle.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1265\" height=\"805\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/G16NightMicroPhysicsRGBRadar-20220128_0641toggle.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44427\" \/><\/a><figcaption>GOES-16 Nighttime Microphysics with and without radar at 0641 UTC on 28 January 2022 (Click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lake Effect snow moved over Chicago on 28 January 2022.  Along-lake winds, as shown below in scatterometry from <a href=\"https:\/\/scatterometer.knmi.nl\/tile_prod\/\">this site<\/a>, produced a single snow band that <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/chicago-weather-snow-forecast-radar\/11516729\/\">released on Chicago<\/a>.  The image above shows Nighttime microphysics with and without radar displayed.  Once the relationship between the radar and the RGB is established, it is not difficult to  monitor the stationarity of the band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/hy_2b_20220128_00_to_12_toggle.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"773\" height=\"884\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/hy_2b_20220128_00_to_12_toggle.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44428\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Great Lakes scatterometry at 0000 and 1200 UTC on 28 January 2022 (Click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/G16NightMicroPhysicsRGBRadar-20220128_1001toggle.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1265\" height=\"805\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/G16NightMicroPhysicsRGBRadar-20220128_1001toggle.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44429\" \/><\/a><figcaption>GOES-16 Nighttime Microphysics with and without radar at 1001 UTC 28 January 2022 (Click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>After sunrise, other ABI bands are available to highlight precipitating lake-effect snowbands.   RGB combinations that include Band 5 (1.6 \u00b5m) are of particular use because they can highlight glaciation in the cloud.  Consider the examples below showing two RGBs and visible imagery with and without radar overlain.  Which one would you choose and use to highlight the precipitating snow band?  Will that choice change with sun angle, do you think?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/G16DayCloudPhaseDistinctionRadar-20220128_1536toggle.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1265\" height=\"805\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/G16DayCloudPhaseDistinctionRadar-20220128_1536toggle.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44431\" \/><\/a><figcaption>GOES-16 Day Cloud Phase Distinction RGB with and without radar at 1536 UTC 28 January 2022 (Click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/G16Band02Radar-20220128_1536toggle.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1265\" height=\"805\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/G16Band02Radar-20220128_1536toggle.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44432\" \/><\/a><figcaption>GOES-16 Band 2 Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) with and without radar at 1536 UTC 28 January 2022 (Click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/G16DayLandCloudRadar-20220128_1536toggle.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1265\" height=\"805\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/G16DayLandCloudRadar-20220128_1536toggle.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44433\" \/><\/a><figcaption>GOES-16 Day Cloud Phase Distinction RGB with and without radar at 1536 UTC 28 January <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>The Day Cloud Phase Distinction RGB, below, animated from 1426 to 1921 UTC (click <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/G16DCPD-20220128_1421_to_1916anim.gif\">here<\/a> to see the animation without observations), highlights the narrow nature of the band as it moves inland over Chicago.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/G16DCPD_OBS-20220128_1426_to_1921anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1265\" height=\"805\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/01\/G16DCPD_OBS-20220128_1426_to_1921anim.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44441\" \/><\/a><figcaption>GOES-16 Day Cloud Phase Distinction with hourly surface observations, 1426 &#8211; 1921 UTC on 28 January 2022 (Click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Zooming in a bit closer with 1-minute <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NOAASatellites?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NOAASatellites<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GOES16?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GOES16<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GOESeast?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GOESeast<\/a> Visible images, the lake effect snow band can be seen moving inland across the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Chicago?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Chicago<\/a> metro area: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z5sFCxXbwF\">https:\/\/t.co\/Z5sFCxXbwF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ILwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ILwx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cMwdrAPjpp\">https:\/\/t.co\/cMwdrAPjpp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3rtzKtQDEQ\">pic.twitter.com\/3rtzKtQDEQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Scott Bachmeier (@CIMSS_Satellite) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CIMSS_Satellite\/status\/1487135435662893057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lake Effect snow moved over Chicago on 28 January 2022. Along-lake winds, as shown below in scatterometry from this site, produced a single snow band that released on Chicago. The image above shows Nighttime microphysics with and without radar displayed. Once the relationship between the radar and the RGB is established, it is not difficult [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":44429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-goes-16","category-winter-weather"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44426","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\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44426"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44540,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44426\/revisions\/44540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}