Blowing dust across the Southern Plains, as observed using GOES-18, GOES-17 and GOES-16

By Scott Bachmeier • 14 February 2023

True Color RGB images from GOES-18 (left), GOES-17 (center) and GOES-16 (right) [click to play animated GIF | MP4]

True Color RGB images — created using Geo2Grid — from GOES-18 (GOES-West), GOES-17 and GOES-16 (GOES-East) (above) displayed dense plumes of blowing dust across parts of New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma on 14 February 2023. Strong winds (with gusts in the 60-85 mph range) in the wake of a cold front lofted dry topsoil from areas that were experiencing Moderate to Exceptional Drought conditions.

GOES-17 (formerly GOES-West) was temporarily operating from its pre-storage checkout position over the Equator at 104.7 W longitude.

Categories: Air quality, GOES-16, GOES-17, GOES-18, Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images

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Blowing dust across the Southern Plains, as observed using GOES-18, GOES-17 and GOES-16