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![Two Contrasting Records of Heat and Snow Set in Anchorage, Alaska](/s3/migrated/iod-2-21-20.jpg)
February 21, 2020 On Feb. 18, 2020, GOES-West saw Anchorage, Alaska, set two records within a 24-hour period. According to…
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![Winter’s on its Way — NOAA Satellites Have You Covered](/s3/migrated/PHOTO-2017-Winter-Outlook_Through-the-snowstorm-iStock-641688354-1125x534-Landscape.jpg)
Winter is just around the corner, and NOAA’s U.S. winter outlook for 2019-20 is out.
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![The Storm of the Century: A Look Back from NOAA Satellites](/s3/2023-03/goes7-vis-still.gif)
The Storm of the Century: A Look Back from NOAA Satellites
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![Hydrology Initiative](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
JPSS program satellites monitor all types of water globally through weather satellite data. This initiative seeks to best…
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![January 2016 Blizzard Creates Turbid Conditions Along the Atlantic Coast](/s3/migrated/1840v1_20160205-SuspendedMatter.png)
As rainwater washes off the land into coastal waters, it often transports sediments and can stir up bottom sediments on the…
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![Ice & Snow](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
Snow is precipitation in the form of ice crystals. It originates in clouds when temperatures are below the freezing point (0…
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![Snow Blankets Portions of Colorado and Wyoming](/s3/migrated/20181016-westUSb.png)
Clear skies allowed NOAA-20’s VIIRS instrument to capture this stunning view of snow blanketing areas from the Rockies to…
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![Winter Storm Brings Snow, Whiteout Conditions to the Central U.S.](/s3/2021-06/2181v1_20180122-NA.jpeg)
January 23, 2018 The Suomi NPP satellite's VIIRS instrument captured this image of a large winter storm moving across…
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![Current Snow Cover in the Eastern United States](/s3/2021-06/2180v1_20180118-eastUS.jpeg)
Clear skies enabled the GOES East satellite to capture this view of current snow cover over the eastern United States on…
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![Heavy Precipitation Event in California](/s3/migrated/20180321-westcoastAR.png)
A multi-day heavy precipitation event is underway in California. This image was captured by GOES East March 21, 2018 at 1700…
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!["Cloud Streets" Over the Great Lakes](/s3/migrated/2170v1_20171227-CloudStreets.jpg)
The Suomi NPP satellite's VIIRS instrument captured these parallel rows of clouds, known as "cloud streets"…
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![Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
GOES satellites provide the kind of continuous monitoring necessary for intensive data analysis.
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![The Snowy Pacific Northwest](/s3/2021-07/20190207.PacificNW.png)
This spectacular image, seen by the NOAA-20 satellite on Feb. 6, 2019, reveals a wintry landscape in much of the Pacific…
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![Sierra Nevada Snowpack on the Decline](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
March 02, 2020 On March 2, 2020, GOES-West saw limited snow cover on the Sierra Nevada range in California, due to the dry…
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![Winter Weather and Wind Affecting Western and Southern Alaska](/s3/migrated/20200217-GulfofAK.jpg)
A strong area of low pressure is moving northward across Alaska’s eastern Aleutian Islands and western Peninsula. The system…