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Online 12.2: The Worst Ice Storm in Canadian History
January 1998

Infrared Satellite Imagery 7 to 10 January 1998:
The four day sequence (7 to 10 January 1998) of infrared satellite imagery shows clouds associated with several cyclones that traveled along the same path - from the Gulf of Mexico up the eastern U.S. through the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys.
Department of Atmospheric Sciences Severe and Hazardous Weather at Department of Atmospheric Sciences University of Illinois