December 20, 2020 - Winter Storm Gail

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   Winter Storm Gail
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   From December 16-17, snow piled up fast across the Northeastern United
   States during the first potent nor’easter of 2020. Dubbed Winter Storm
   Gail by The Weather Channel (TWC), the storm brought snow from the
   Appalachian Mountains to New England. But the brunt of the nor’easter
   battered parts of New York and Pennsylvania, where a nearly stationary
   band of snow dropped enough snow to break records.

   Reports indicate that a band of heavy snowfall delivered about 40
   inches (1 meter) to inland parts of Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont,
   and New Hampshire. Areas within Pennsylvania and Vermont likely set
   state records for 24-hour accumulation totals. According to TWC, snow
   fell at the rate of 5 inches (12.7 cm) per hour in Binghamton, New York
   and ultimately dumped 40 inches (1 meter) of snow at the Greater
   Binghamton Airport – the heaviest snowstorm on record. Also, more than
   2 feet (0.6 meters) of snow fell in Williamsport, Pennsylvania,
   breaking its all-time record.

   The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s
   Aqua satellite acquired this false-color image in the afternoon on
   December 17, 2020, as the storm started moving out to sea. This image
   was made using both infrared and visible light to help differentiate
   snow and cloud, both which appear white in true-color images. In this
   image, vegetation appears green, deep water inky-blue, fresh snow is
   electric blue, and cloud appears white. Where cloud-tops are cold and
   icy they also are colored a light electric blue. At the time this image
   was captured, storm clouds still obscured some of the hardest-hit
   areas.

   Image Facts
   Satellite:  Aqua
   Date Acquired: 12/17/2020
   Resolutions:  1km (227.1 KB),  500m (852.9 KB),  250m (2.8 MB)
   Bands Used: 7,2,1
   Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



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