Sept. 12, 2013 (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Sept. 12, 2013

Caption

This is an animated loop of water vapor systems over the western area of North America on Sept. 12th, 2013 as shown by the GOES- 15 and GOES-13 satellites. The storm that caused the 2013 Colorado flooding was kept in a confined area over the Eastern Range of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado by these water vapor systems.

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Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA

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