{"id":7646,"date":"2011-03-07T22:59:23","date_gmt":"2011-03-07T22:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=7646"},"modified":"2011-03-08T22:02:57","modified_gmt":"2011-03-08T22:02:57","slug":"lake-effect-snow-in-northeastern-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/7646","title":{"rendered":"Lake-effect snow in northeastern Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/03\/110307_g13_vis_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"GOES-13 0.63 \u00c2\u00b5m visible channel images (click image to play animation)\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/03\/Reg_Vis_Sat_20110307_1931.png\" alt=\"GOES-13 0.63 \u00c2\u00b5m visible channel images (click image to play animation)\" width=\"480\" height=\"459\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-13 0.63 \u00c2\u00b5m visible channel images (click image to play animation)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>AWIPS images of 1-km resolution GOES-13 0.63 \u00c2\u00b5m visible channel data <em><strong>(above; click image to play animation)<\/strong><\/em> revealed the formation of convergence bands withing a weak cyclonic circulation over western Lake Superior on <a title=\"07 March 2011 daily weather map\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/dailywxmap\/index_20110307.html\"><strong>07 March 2011<\/strong><\/a>. These convergence bands were responsible for producing some lake-effect snowfall along the north shore of the lake, over parts extreme northeastern Minnesota &#8212; Lutsen reported 8.5 inches of snow, with 5.8 inches falling north of Grand Marais.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/03\/110307_avhrr_vis_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"POES AVHRR 0.86 \u00c2\u00b5m visible images\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/03\/110307_avhrr_vis_anim.gif\" alt=\"POES AVHRR 0.86 \u00c2\u00b5m visible images\" width=\"480\" height=\"459\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">POES AVHRR 0.86 \u00c2\u00b5m visible images<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A sequence of 1-km resolution POES AVHRR 0.86 \u00c2\u00b5m visible channel images <em><strong>(above)<\/strong><\/em> and the corresponding 1-km resolution POES AVHRR 12.0 \u00c2\u00b5m IR images <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em> showed a slightly more detailed view of the convergence bands.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/03\/110307_avhrr_ir_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"POES AVHRR 12.0 \u00c2\u00b5m IR images\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/03\/110307_avhrr_ir_anim.gif\" alt=\"POES AVHRR 12.0 \u00c2\u00b5m IR images\" width=\"480\" height=\"459\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">POES AVHRR 12.0 \u00c2\u00b5m IR images<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A comparison of 1-km resolution POES AVHRR Cloud Optical Depth products at 18:41 and 19:18 UTC <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em> showed that the primary convergence band along the eastern side of the cyclonic circulation feature\u00c2\u00a0 exhibited significantly higher cloud optical depth values <em>(blue to cyan color enhancement)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/03\/110307_avhrr_optical_depth_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"POES AVHRR Cloud Optical Depth product images\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/03\/110307_avhrr_optical_depth_anim.gif\" alt=\"POES AVHRR Cloud Optical Depth product images\" width=\"480\" height=\"459\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">POES AVHRR Cloud Optical Depth product images<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>===== 08 MARCH UPDATE =====<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another well-defined vortex was observed over northern Lake Superior on the following day. A comparison of 250-meter resolution MODIS <a title=\"true color and false color RGB images\" href=\"http:\/\/rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov\/faq\/#faq04\"><strong>true color and false color<\/strong><\/a> Red\/Green\/Blue (RGB) images from the <a title=\"SSEC MODIS Today site\" href=\"http:\/\/ge.ssec.wisc.edu\/modis-today\/index.php?satellite=t1&amp;product=true_color&amp;date=2011_03_08_067\"><strong>SSEC MODIS Today<\/strong><\/a> site <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em> showed the vortex cloud feature with a very long and narrow &#8220;tail&#8221; extending southward and westward from the center of the circulation, along with a complex ice structure across the far southern portion of Lake Superior. Ice and snow cover appear as cyan-colored features on the MODIS false color image, in contrast to supercooled water droplet clouds<em> (which appear as brighter white features)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/03\/110308_modis_truecolor_falsecolor_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"MODIS true color and false color images\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/03\/110308_modis_truecolor_falsecolor_anim.gif\" alt=\"MODIS true color and false color images\" width=\"480\" height=\"326\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">MODIS true color and false color images<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; AWIPS images of 1-km resolution GOES-13 0.63 \u00c2\u00b5m visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) revealed the formation of convergence bands withing a weak cyclonic circulation over western Lake Superior on 07 March 2011. These convergence bands were responsible for producing some lake-effect snowfall along the north shore of the lake, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,10,11,12,26,45,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-avhrr","category-general-interpretation","category-goes-13","category-modis","category-poes","category-redgreenblue-rgb-images","category-winter-weather"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7646","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=7646"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7657,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7646\/revisions\/7657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}