Great Lakes Cloud Streets - NASA Earth Observatory
Jan 16, 2022 · The cloud streets that day stretched across hundreds of kilometers, mostly arising from Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. Cloud streets are more common over the Great Lakes in the early part of winter, as the fresh water is still cooling …
January 22, 2024 - Cloud Streets over Lake Superior - NASA
Jan 22, 2024 · As a bitter Arctic chill swept southward in mid-January 2024, it brought bone-chilling temperatures to much of the United States. The frigid blast helped ice form on the Great Lakes and created gorgeous cloud patterns over Lake Superior.
Cloud Streets over the Great Lakes - NASA Earth Observatory
Like strokes from an artist’s brush, the sky over Lake Superior and Lake Michigan was painted with long rows of white clouds on February 5, 2007. Called cloud streets, these clouds occur when frigid, dry air blows across the lake, where it picks up water vapor from the warmer lake.
MODIS - Coastwatch Great Lakes Node
MODIS (or Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) is a key instrument aboard the Terra (originally known as EOS AM-1) and Aqua (originally known as EOS PM-1) satellites.
MODIS Web - NASA
Jan 13, 2022 · The long rows of parallel white clouds—called “cloud streets”—are most clearly defined and dramatic over Lake Superior (north), but some also exist over Lake Michigan. Clouds streets form when frigid, dry air blows across a relatively warmer body of water, such as …
January 25, 2019 - Cloud Streets over Lake Superior - NASA
Jan 25, 2019 · While Lake Superior remained unfrozen, heavy streams of cloud blowing across the blue waters also told a tale of very cold Canadian wind blowing towards the United States. The cloud patterns are known as “cloud streets” and are formed when frigid, dry air blows across warmer, moister water.
Clouds Over The Great Lakes - SpaceNews
Jan 22, 2022 · The cloud streets that day stretched across hundreds of kilometers, mostly arising from Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. Cloud streets are more common over the Great Lakes in the early...
Earth from Orbit: Superior Flow of Clouds | NESDIS
On March 1, 2021, NOAA satellites monitored lake-effect clouds flowing over Lake Superior. The satellites captured light snow bands embedded in the clouds. Lake-effect snow occurs when very cold air moves over the warmer waters of a lake.
SAR winds and Lake-Effect cloud bands — CIMSS Satellite Blog, …
Dec 16, 2021 · Parallax shift is related to cloud-top heights, and derived Cloud-Top Heights (a Level 2 product) over the region show cloud tops between 3000 and 5000 feet near Minnesota, rising to about 7000 feet over Lake Superior in between Minnesota and the Keewenaw Peninsula.
This Week in Weather: Superior Flow of Clouds (Ultra High ... - YouTube
On March 1, 2021, NOAA satellites monitored lake-effect clouds flowing over Lake Superior. The satellites captured light snow bands embedded in the clouds. Learn more:...