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A Closer Look at One Blizzard

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Images 3: 17-18 January 1996 Blizzard (Central U.S.)

The surface maps and GOES images listed here were originally obtained from the Purdue University Weather Processor WWW Server, which has since been transferred to the Unisys Weather site.

Date Time Surface Map GOES
Infrared Image
500mb Map
January 17 0Z X
(Bad data)
X X
January 17 12Z X
(Bad data)
X X
(Mislabeled Image)
January 18 0Z X X X
January 18 12Z X X X
January 18 21Z Composite Map
January 19 0Z X X X
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