November 9, 2022 - Autumn Snow atop the Alps

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Winter-like weather dropped snow across much of the Alps in early
November 2022, quickening the pulses of ski enthusiasts who look
forward to flocking to high-altitude resorts. By November 4, ski
resorts in Austria, Switzerland, and Italy were open while one resort
in France was anticipating opening its slopes by November 19.

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board
NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of the glistening
white-capped Alps of Austria (east) and Italy (west) on November 7. On
October 30, only a dusting of snow sat atop the highest peaks of the
Alps, but storm clouds moved in and left a heavy blanket of white by
November 6. The gleaming autumn snow contrasts with the deep greens of
Alpine forests and the light green of the agriculturally rich Po Valley
of Italy.

This snowfall follows a warm and dry start to autumn, and, according to
an article published online by Weathertoski, this is not a
season-defining storm. The article states, “…with 10 to 30cm of
sometimes quite windblown snow falling quite widely above 2500m, and a
dusting to as low as 1200m in the northern Alps, it is certainly a sign
that winter proper is not far away.”

Image Facts
Satellite: Terra
Date Acquired: 11/7/2022
Resolutions: 1km (292.7 KB), 500m (871.1 KB), 250m (2.4 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=2022-11-09

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