{"id":72651,"date":"2026-10-13T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T23:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=72651"},"modified":"2026-10-16T17:43:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T17:43:40","slug":"snow-cover-across-parts-of-montana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/72651","title":{"rendered":"Snow cover across parts of Montana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video autoplay controls loop muted src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2026\/10\/261013_g19_daySnowFogRGB_MT.mov\" playsinline><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>5-minute GOES-19 Day Snow-Fog RGB images, with\/without plots of 20-minute surface air temperature, from 1446-2301 UTC on 13 October <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 <em>(GOES-East)<\/em> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rammb2.cira.colostate.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/QuickGuide_DaySnowFogRGB-1.pdf\">Day Snow-Fog RGB<\/a><\/strong> images<em><strong> (above)<\/strong><\/em> displayed the signature of snow cover (brighter shades of red) across parts of Montana on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/dailywxmap\/index_20261013.html\">13 October 2026<\/a><\/strong>. This was remnant snow cover that fell 2 days earlier, accumulating to depths as high as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2026\/10\/261012_kbyz_pns_snowfall.text\">8-9 inches<\/a><\/strong> &#8212; and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2026\/10\/261013_1200utc_snowDepth.png\">snow depths<\/a><\/strong> on the morning of 13 October were generally in the 4-8 inch range at lower elevations. This remnant snow cover had the effect of keeping surface air temperatures several degrees cooler compared to nearby areas of bare ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another satellite product that is useful for highlighting snow cover is the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rammb2.cira.colostate.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/QuickGuide_DayCloudPhaseDistinction_final_v2.pdf\">Day Cloud Phase Distinction RGB<\/a><\/strong> <strong><em>(below)<\/em><\/strong> &#8212; which depicts snow cover as brighter shades of green. In both RGB image types, low stratus and fog appear as pale shades of white.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video autoplay controls loop muted src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2026\/10\/261013_g19_cloudPhaseDistinctionRGB_MT.mov\" playsinline><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>5-minute GOES-19 Day Cloud Phase Distinction RGB images, with\/without plots of 20-minute surface air temperature, from 1446-2301 UTC on 13 October<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Day Snow-Fog RGB images (above) displayed the signature of snow cover (brighter shades of red) across parts of Montana on 13 October 2026. This was remnant snow cover that fell 2 days earlier, accumulating to depths as high as 8-9 inches &#8212; and snow depths on the morning of 13 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":72652,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159,45,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-goes-19","category-redgreenblue-rgb-images","category-winter-weather"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72651","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=72651"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72678,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72651\/revisions\/72678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}