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Blizzard expected for central US, in satellite photos

Here are three more amazing pictures taken from space today, showing severe weather – a blizzard – poised to strike the central US. To learn more about the blizzard conditions expected today (December 19, 2011) and early this week for the central U.S., read this post by EarthSky weather blogger Matt Daniel.

Blizzard conditions expected across the central U.S.

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Image Credit: NASA GOES

The image above was created on December 19 at 19:10 UTC (2:10 p.m. EST) from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite called GOES-13. GOES-13 is operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Images and animations are created by NASA’s GOES Project, located at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.

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GOES satellite image of pending blizzard conditions central U.S. December 19, 2011.
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GOES satellite image of pending blizzard conditions central U.S. December 19, 2011.

Blizzard conditions expected across the central U.S.

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December 19, 2011
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