Videos and Images of the East Coast Blizzard of 2016

Here’s a cool time-lapse video of satellite imagery showing the big snow storm over the east coast: NASA’s GEOS-5 provides a satellite view of historic winter storm – Global Modeling and Assimilation Office Research Site

This one is from NOAA:

Here’s a sat image of the blizzard during Saturday morning (Jan.23rd): 2016 Blizzard by Moonlight – NASA

A massive winter storm system pummeled the eastern United States in late January 2016, with two low-pressure systems merging into a potent nor’easter that dropped heavy snow from Virginia to New England. By late afternoon on Jan. 23, snowfall totals were approaching records in several states, and hurricane-force winds were battering the coastlines and leading to serious flooding. The storm was expected to continue through the morning of Jan. 24.

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite acquired this image of the storm system at 2:15 a.m. EST on Jan. 23. It was composed through the use of the VIIRS “day-night band,” which detects faint light signals such as city lights, moonlight, airglow, and auroras. In the image, the clouds are lit from above by the nearly full Moon and from below by the lights of the heavily populated East Coast. The city lights are blurred in places by cloud cover.

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Here’s an image of the storm as seen from the space station: Scott Kelly on Twitter:

“Massive #snowstorm blanketing #EastCoast clearly visible from @Space_Station! Stay safe! #blizzard2016 #YearInSpace”

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And here is a satellite image showing the East Coast this morning after the clouds have cleared: NASA Sees Dawn and Records Breaking as Major Winter Storm Departs -NASA

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