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This image was acquired by the NOAA-14 satellite on 1997 Apr 1 at 18:25 UT (1:25 PM EST). It is a color composite using AVHRR channels 1, 2, and 4 as red, green, and blue. The blue channel has been inverted to make the clouds and snow appear white. The storm clouds are still visible on the right of the image but the white area in the central part of the image is new snow cover. A map of the satellite coverage shows that it passed directly over this area. A shaded relief map shows the high and low areas (a full size map is also available). A GOES water vapor image taken about 2 hours earlier shows the strong circulation associated with the low pressure region just off the east coast. A nighttime AVHRR shows another view of the storm at 2 am EST. The western limit of the snow is ragged, one finger extends into Maryland almost reaching Baltimore. Heavy snow blankets eastern New York. New York's Finger Lakes are visible south of Lake Ontario. The large somewhat dark, nearly round area east of Lake Ontario is the Adirondack Mountains. It appears dark in this view because evergreen trees partially block the view of the snow.

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