This week, a spring storm system brought record-setting snow, blizzard conditions and severe thunderstorms as it moved across the U.S. See how NOAA satellites monitored it from above in this week's EarthFromOrbit video:
As the storm system tracked eastward, numerous Blizzard Warnings and Winter Storm Warnings and Watches went into effect across the northern United States. On Tuesday, heavy snow and high winds began affecting some areas in North Dakota. These winds caused snow across the region to drift, resulting in additional dangerous travel conditions, and at times, wind chills below 0 degrees F. The storm closed, from Billings, Mont. to Jamestown, N.D. as well as from Fargo, N.D. to the Canadian border.
In addition to snow, the storm brought severe weather to the Midwest and South. Since Monday, the outbreak of severe storms from this weather system has produced more than 500 reports of damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes in the central U.S. Though the storms diminished as they reached the East Coast on Thursday, forecasters warned there may still be some damaging wind gusts throughout the Northeast and Southeast.
The GOES East geostationary satellite, also known as GOES-16, keeps watch over most of North America, including the continental United States and Mexico, as well as Central and South America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west coast of Africa. The satellite's high-resolution imagery provides optimal viewing of severe weather events, including thunderstorms, tropical storms, and hurricanes.
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