The Great Lakes
April 4, 2011
The bright white remnants of snow cut a clean swath across Wisconsin and Michigan during springtime snowmelt in early 2011. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer aboard the Terra satellite captured this natural-color image March 28, 2011.
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), snow depth in most of the snow-covered swath ranged from 4 inches to 20 inches on the day this image was captured, with much of it falling in a snowstorm on March 22 -24. By March 28, rising spring temperatures brought melting snow to the region, causing the NWS to issue flood warnings across many parts of Wisconsin and Michigan.
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), snow depth in most of the snow-covered swath ranged from 4 inches to 20 inches on the day this image was captured, with much of it falling in a snowstorm on March 22 -24. By March 28, rising spring temperatures brought melting snow to the region, causing the NWS to issue flood warnings across many parts of Wisconsin and Michigan.
Topics:
Weather, Meteorology, Atmospheric sciences, Ice storms, Blizzards, Flood, Winter storm, National Weather Service, Terra, Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, Snow, Hydrology, Wisconsin, Michigan
