NASA Satellites Capture Data on Monster Winter Storm Affecting 30 States

[tabatha]

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/snowstorm_feb2011.html

One of the largest winter storms since the 1950s is affecting 30 U.S. states today with snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain. NASA satellites have gathering data on the storm that stretches from Texas and the Rockies to the New England states.

NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites have been providing visible, infrared and microwave looks at the storm system's clouds, precipitation, temperatures and extent.

Visible and infrared images and animations of the storm's clouds and movement are created every 15 minutes by the NASA GOES Project at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. using data from GOES-11 and GOES-13, the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites. The GOES-13 and GOES-11 satellites that cover the eastern and western U.S., respectively, are operated by NOAA.

A visible image captured by the GOES-13 satellite this morning, Feb. 1 at 1401 UTC (9:01 a.m. EST) showed the low pressure area stretching from the Colorado Rockies and Texas east to New England and a massive area of clouds over the Midwest. The image showed what appeared to be "tails" over Texas and the Gulf coast. Those "tails" are areas where severe thunderstorms are possible today. To see an animation of the last two days of GOES-13 satellite images that show the progression of the storm, go to:

http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/goescolor/goeseast/hurricane2/movie/latest_sml.mov

[villager]

1. Just remember: A privatized response to such disasters is what we're aiming for!

Anything else is... socialist!

[Drale]

3. Yeah can't have people helping other people

that would be against God's teachings :sarcasm:

[Sal Minella]

5. Durn right. If the durn city snowplow tries to come down

my street, I'm going to rush out there and beat it back with my snow shovel.

Dang Commonists anyway.

[Sonoman]

2. My sons just drove from Houston to Dallas in that crap.

They are both tough guys, hunters and survivalists, and said the trip was the most grueling drive they have ever undertaken.

I told them they should have their idiot heads examined, just for getting out in it. They didn't need to be anywhere, anyway.

Sonoman

[tabatha]

4. I would agree with the heads examined bit.

But, good for them for dealing with it.