September 13, 2020 - Snow in the Rocky Mountains

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   An early snowfall struck the Rocky Mountains on September 8-9, 2020,
   dropping both temperatures and snow across the region. The Weather
   Channel reports that at least nine locations experienced their earliest
   snowfall on record. These were: Casper and Cheyenne, Wyoming; Rapid
   City, South Dakota, Fort Collins, Yuma, and Pueblo, Colorado; North
   Platte, Nebraska; Goodland Kansas; and Las Vegas, New Mexico.

   As snow fell, so did the temperatures. Many states had been sweltering
   under a heat wave through August. Denver, Colorado reported at least 73
   days of 90˚F (32.2˚C} in a row by September 6 and an all-time record
   high of 101˚F (38.3˚C) on September 5. Fort Collins, Colorado, reported
   a high of 99˚F (37.2˚C) on September, but by September 8, that town was
   shivering with a high of 41˚F (5˚C) and had 2 inches of snow to clear.
   Denver’s temperature had also plunged to a high of 41˚F (5˚C) and had 1
   inch (2.5 cm) accumulation.

   On September 8, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
   (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of
   snow across the Rocky Mountains. The image has captured parts of Idaho
   (west), Montana (north), and Wyoming (southeast).

   Image Facts
   Satellite:  Aqua
   Date Acquired: 9/8/2020
   Resolutions:  1km (538.6 KB),  500m (1.7 MB),  250m (3.3 MB)
   Bands Used: 1,4,3
   Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2020-09-13
 
