Cloud streets billow over the Atlantic behind a powerful cold front

There’s always something cool bubbling in our skies above. It’s worth taking a peek at satellite imagery every day to see what nifty features you can spot floating around.

A powerful cold front brought frigid temperatures to much of the eastern U.S. and Canada this weekend. New York City dropped to 15°F on Sunday morning, while Toronto made it all the way down to 0°F—the city’s coldest morning in nearly two years.

All that frigid air spilled over the relatively warm Atlantic Ocean. Air in contact with the surface of the ocean warmed up and rose through the Arctic airmass above, producing countless cloud streets tracing the winds as they flowed across the ocean. It’s the same principle that gives rise to bands of lake-effect snow off the Great Lakes. You can even see thicker bands of clouds flowing off Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay. 

Here are some links if you want to add them to your bookmarks:

• GOES-East Full Disk
• GOES-East U.S.
• GOES-West Full Disk
• GOES-West U.S.

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