This satellite image captures a significant widespread snow event across the Southeastern United States, specifically focusing on North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
Geographic Highlights
North Carolina: Nearly the entire state is blanketed in white, from the Blue Ridge Mountains in the west to the coastal plains. Interestingly, the Outer Banks and the immediate coastline appear to have less accumulation or more melting.
South Carolina: The snow cover is heavy in the Upstate and northern Midlands (around Rock Hill and Spartanburg), thinning out significantly as you move toward the Lowcountry and Charleston, which remains green.
Virginia: Extensive snow cover is visible across the southern half of the state, blending into a thick cloud deck to the northwest.
Atmospheric Features
Cloud Cover: A massive, dense shield of clouds is moving off to the northeast, likely the tail end of the low-pressure system that dropped this precipitation.
Snow vs. Clouds: You can distinguish the snow from the clouds by looking at the texture; the snow on the ground reveals the "grain" of the landscape (rivers, forests, and hills), while the clouds in the upper left and lower right are smoother or more "bubbly" (cumulus patterns over the Atlantic).
The "Rain-Snow Line": There is a very sharp contrast in South Carolina where the white ground transitions back to dark green, marking exactly where temperatures were likely just a few degrees too warm for snow to stick.
This is a classic "Big Snow" signature for the Carolinas, often caused by a Miller Type A or Type B cyclogenesis where moisture from the Gulf or Atlantic meets a cold Arctic air mass.
Here is the snow cover in the Carolinas at 10am 2 February 2026.
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