Effects of Back-to-Back Winter Storms over Eastern U.S. and the Bahamas

Back-to-back winter storms brought snow and ice to the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and also stirred up sediments in the ocean off the Outer Banks of North Carolina and around the Bahamas. This image from Feb. 2, 2026, was acquired by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) platform. 

This Feb. 2 false-color image, also from the VIIRS/Suomi NPP platform, shows the extent of the snow and ice in bright red from two storms that occurred one week apart.

The winds of the cold wave created linear cloud streets over the ocean. These chilling winds created the bright blue-white suspension of shallow water sediments in the Bahamas, and browner sands and muds stirred up around Florida.

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