April 4, 2021 - Snow in Oregon

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   A pair of late-March snowstorms rolled across Oregon, increasing the
   snow cap in the higher elevations. According to local news media, on
   Monday, March 22, 2021 roughly a foot of snow was reported in the
   northern Cascades and a second storm on March 25 added another foot to
   some areas in the higher elevations. On March 24, the base at Mt. Hood
   Meadows was reported at 153 inches (12.75 feet; 388.6 cm)—before the
   incoming storm.

   While the fresh snow excited skiers at many resorts across Oregon’s
   many mountains, precipitation at lower elevations fell as rain and
   adding to the spring greening—and the contrast could easily be seen
   from space. On April 1, the Moderate Resolution Imaging
   Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a
   true-color image of springtime in Oregon. Snow coats the Cascades,
   which run north to south in the west and the Rockies in the east. Mt.
   Hood Meadows sits at the northern end of the Cascades in this image
   while the Columbia River (north) forms the border between Oregon and
   Washington. Oregon’s forests appear deep green and drier land,
   especially in the rain shadow just east of the Cascades are tan tinted
   with green.

   Image Facts
   Satellite:  Terra
   Date Acquired: 4/1/2021
   Resolutions:  1km (401 KB),  500m (1 MB),  250m (750.4 KB)
   Bands Used: 1,4,3
   Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2021-04-04
 
