Widespread snow is expected today with major impacts through Thursday

From NOAA Satellite and Information Service:

Widespread snow is expected today with major impacts through Thursday, says the NOAA NWS. Snow is expected to continue over the northern mountains, northeast highlands and plains of New Mexico today and spread south and west. (www.weather.gov)

This GOES-West RGB image captured at 2:00 p.m. EST, on January 21, 2015. The RGB is a combination of visible and infrared imagery using a three channel technique to form a Red/Green/Blue false color image. 

Flooding in Madagascar

From NASA's Earth Observatory:

Flooding in Madagascar

Rivers were swollen and brown with sediment in the wake of tropical storm Chadza. Read more at http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=85113&src=fb

#eartheveryday

Drained & Refilled Subglacial Lake

From NASA:

Scientists using satellite images and data from NASA’s Operation IceBridge have found evidence of a drained and refilled subglacial lake beneath northeastern Greenland’s Flade Ice Cap.

Weather Data Collection

From the NOAA Hurricane Hunters:

‪#‎NOAA42‬ (A ‪#‎NOAA‬ P-3) sits under a waning crescent moon in Halifax, Nova Scotia this past weekend. Dr. James McFadden (NOAA/AOC Chief of Programs) reported that the temperature was 3˚F with a wind chill of -17˚F on Saturday morning as the crew prepared to fly a mission over theLabrador Sea. The purpose of the mission was to collect data during two different satellite overpasses in support of The NOAA Satellite and Information Service. 

- Photo Credits: Mr. Rich Henning (NOAA/AOC)
The NOAA Hurricane Hunters National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations‪#‎research‬