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   December 14, 2022 - Massive Winter Storm Rolls Across the United States   
      
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      A massive, major winter storm was sweeping across the United States on   
      December 12, 2022, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging   
      Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this   
      true-color image. At the time the image was acquired, the most active   
      line of the storm stretched from the southern tip of the U.S. state of   
      Texas northward to Manitoba, Canada.   
      
      Almost all of the area under heavy cloud cover were experiencing active   
      winter weather. Heavy snowfall and strong winds were pummeling the   
      Northern Plains and Midwest, with some areas reporting blizzard   
      conditions and winds up to 60 mph. Ice and intense snowfall shut down   
      portions of several interstates for hours. Further south, destructive   
      tornadoes popped up across Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana, while   
      Arkansas, and Mississippi residents were under tornado watches and   
      warnings. According to the Washington Post, as of December 13, about 10   
      million people from the Rockies to the northern Great Lakes were under   
      some kind of winter weather alert.   
      
      Not only is active weather stretching from north to south across the   
      entire United States, it will also roll across the country from west to   
      east. The first volleys of this system began to affect the U.S. West   
      Coast on December 9, according to the National Weather Service. By   
      December 11, parts of California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains had   
      accumulated more than five feet of fresh snowfall. The Utah Avalanche   
      Center noted increasing risks in the backcountry of the Wasatch Ranges,   
      with all locations at either “Considerable” or “High” risk.   
      
      The system will continue to roll across the United States, reaching   
      parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on December 14. While northerly   
      locations can expect heavy snow and wind, the National Weather Service   
      advises that the storm will bring freezing rain and sleet along with   
      gusting wind to parts of Virginia and Maryland, which is likely to   
      trigger power outages and downed trees. Ice accumulation of up to 0.5   
      inches (1.3 cm) is expected in Oakland, a mountain town in western   
      Maryland, with up to one-tenth of an inch (0.25 cm) in Baltimore,   
      Maryland.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 12/12/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (3.4 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=2022-12-14   
       
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