High Plains leeside cold frontal gravity wave
GOES-16 Low-level (7.3 µm, left), Mid-level (6.9 µm, center) and Upper-level (6.2 µm, right) Water Vapor images, with plots of surface wind barbs and gusts in knots [click to play animation | MP4]
Largest October 1-day temperature drops! #COWX pic.twitter.com/8c92nFCsXH
— NWS Pueblo (@NWSPueblo) October 11, 2019
Here’s a summary of the records set during the recent storm. Two of them are quite remarkable. 1) Breaking the record low today by 13°! 2) Tying the second largest 2-day temperature swing on record. #COwx pic.twitter.com/e6eoYu1bDB
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) October 11, 2019
On the corresponding GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) imagery (below), note the lack of clouds along the western end of the cold front (across the New Mexico / Texas border region).
GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm, left), Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 µm, center) and Upper-level Water Vapor (6.2 µm, right) images, with plots of surface wind barbs and gusts in knots [click to play animation | MP4]