Satellite Image of the Day: December 5
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NOAA's Hydrometeorologial Prediction Center (HPC) "Daily National Forecast" image shows a daily national weather prediction

Satellites: NOAA-15 and NOAA-17, part of NOAA's 850km-high (530 mile-high) Polar Orbiting satellites

It's snowing!

Moist air from the Gulf of Mexico mixed with cold air from Canada which means snow today for the Mid-Atlantic states.
You can see the jet stream pushing the storm from the Gulf of Mexico out to the Atlantic Ocean.
 

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