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Snow cover across the Western U.S. hit a record low earlier this month, as warm temps caused winter precipitation to fall as rain. Insights courtesy of Karl Rittger's Snow Today website, which processes and visualizes data from the MODIS tool on NASA's Terra satellite. 🛰️ ❄️ 🛰️

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The West Faces Snow Drought - NASA Science Very wet—but very warm—weather in the western U.S. has left many mountainous regions looking at substantial snowpack deficits. https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/the-west-faces-snow-drought/

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