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Press Release 11-004
Inside a Snowstorm: Scientists Obtain Close-Up Look at Old Man Winter

Doppler-on-Wheels Gives New View of Lake-Effect Snows

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DOW Doppler radar of cells in a snowband.

DOW Doppler radar of cells in a snowband; the coiled hooks are the most intense snows.

Credit: CSWR


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Photo of a Doppler-on-Wheels on snow.

Eye-to-eye with a storm: a Doppler-on-Wheels (DOW) stands tall against the elements.

Credit: CSWR


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Photo of the DOW in a snowsquall north of Williamstown, N.Y.

On the road again, north of Williamstown, N.Y. There a DOW meets a blinding snowsquall.

Credit: CSWR


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DOW Doppler radar showing a rotating cell in a snowband over Fair Haven, N.Y.

A rotating cell in a snowband making landfall from Lake Ontario over Fair Haven, N.Y.

Credit: CSWR


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Illustration showing a snow drift covering the roof and side of a house.

"Historic" snowstorms are the norm in Oswego, N.Y.; DOWs are there this month and next.

Credit: NOAA


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Image of a tree-like snow crystal with branches.

A stellar dendrite snow crystal. Dendritic means tree-like; these snowflakes have branches.

Credit: Kenneth Libbrecht, Caltech


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