When NOAA isn’t studying the atmosphere, they’re flying 500 feet above the ground, calculating how much water is in the snow — information that's crucial for predicting spring floods.
On a clear, very cold morning at Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie, Lt. Conor Maginn and
At 3,500 feet a half hour north of the Twin Cities, Maginn lets air traffic controllers know they'll drop down to 500 feet, an altitude so low that snowmobile tracks, the stilts beneath deer stands, and the letters on the Mora water tower are easy to spot in the bright sunshine. "If we fly over the same lines like we're doing now, we can compare those two numbers and get an idea of how much water is in the snowpack," Maginn explained.
Large sheets of ice flow on top of the Mississippi River toward the Coon Rapids Dam in Coon Rapids, Minn., on Feb. 13, 2020.Large sheets of ice flow on top of the Mississippi River toward the Coon Rapids Dam in Coon Rapids, Minn., on Feb. 13, 2020.
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