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The "Smog Blog" out at UMBC has posted this very cool satellite image of the snow on the ground yesterday in the Northeast. With any luck (good or bad), we could see this snow field expand and deepen next week.
For a zoomable version, click here.
And here's an animation of the shifting snow and ice cover over North America for the past month.
Frank Roylance is a reporter for The Baltimore Sun. He came to Baltimore from New Bedford, Mass. in 1980 to join the old Evening Sun. He moved to the morning Sun when the papers merged in 1992, and has spent most of his time since covering science, including astronomy and the weather. One of The Baltimore Sun's first online Web logs, the Weather Blog debuted in October 2004. In June 2006 Frank also began writing comments on local weather and stargazing for The Baltimore Sun's print Weather Page. Frank also answers readers’ weather queries for the newspaper and the blog. Frank Roylance retired in October 2011. Maryland Weather is now being updated by members of The Baltimore Sun staff
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Comments
Thanks Frank. I find that stuff fasinating, but not good on computers and would never see that. Thanks again.
Posted by: Pasadena Paul | January 30, 2009 7:13 PM
Also, I saw in paper it was -7 record for the day yesterday. It that all time low for area?
FR: yes. We've hit that mark several times in January and February over the years, But no lower.
Posted by: Pasadena Paul | January 30, 2009 7:15 PM
Come on Frank! Where are you? There is impending white death about to descend upon our Fair City and we need information! The weather talking heads have all achieved serious turgidity over this storm and we need someone to give us actual facts and not hype.
Seriously though--are there times of day that they various weather models update? If they always update them at around 10 am, 2 pm, 6 pm, etc (or something like that) then I could know whether it is worth looking at them again.
Posted by: Jeff | January 31, 2009 1:12 PM