File:Powerful Winter Storm Takes Aim at Plains and Upper Midwest (32638477587).jpg
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A powerful late-season winter storm is set to unleash heavy snow and high winds across parts of the north-central Plains and the upper Midwest beginning Wednesday, April 10, 2019. Blizzard warnings are in effect for northeastern Colorado, southeastern Wyoming, western and central Nebraska, northwestern Kansas, southwestern Minnesota and nearly all of South Dakota. The National Weather Service warns that both air and ground travel will become hazardous as visibilities could at times drop to near-zero. Widespread power outages are also likely, with 1 to 2 feet of snow possible for the central and northern Plains, as well as western Minnesota through Thursday evening. This water vapor imagery from the GOES East satellite is created using a wavelength sensitive to the moisture content in the atmosphere. In this imagery, bright blue and white areas indicate the presence of high water vapor or moisture content. Behind the winter storm, areas of dark orange and brown indicate the presence of little to no moisture. These very dry conditions combined with high winds could produce favorable conditions for rapid wildfire growth across the High Plains and Southwest. |
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| Source | Powerful Winter Storm Takes Aim at Plains and Upper Midwest |
| Author | NOAA Satellites |
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This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties.
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by NOAASatellites at https://flickr.com/photos/125201706@N06/32638477587 (archive). It was reviewed on 5 December 2019 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark. |
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| current | 21:29, 11 April 2019 | | 1,920 × 1,080 (499 KB) | MarginalCost | Transferred from Flickr via #flickr2commons |
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