Courtesy Of NOAA. Great Lakes Total Ice Cover Nears 85 Percent: The NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory is showing total Great Lakes ice cover of 84.4 percent as of February 22, 2015, well above the long term average and closing in on last year's mark of 92.5 percent coverage on March 6, 2014. In this image, Lake Erie is a vast white plain, joining Lake Huron and Lake Superior with coverage's above 90 percent and only small areas of open water. This image was taken by the NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite's VIIRS instrument around 1803Z on February 23, 2015. Download it at http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/MediaDetail2.php… . COLD Day In New Mexico. RAP Temperatures @ 2 PM MST Today. RAP Temperature Anomalies @ 2 PM MST Today. Temperatures have changed very little so far today and little additional change from current readings is forecast into tomorrow morning. We are some 30-40 degrees below normal here in the southea...