GOES-16 (GOES-East) Dust RGB images (above) highlighted the development of widespread plumes of blowing dust (brighter shades of pink/magenta) across parts of New Mexico and Texas on 17 March 2022. Surface visibility was reduced to 1.5 miles at some locations, with wind gusts in the 40-50 knot range (a peak wind of 56... Read More
GOES-16 (GOES-East) Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm), Fire Temperature RGB. Fire Power, Fire Temperature and Fire Area products (above) displayed signatures of widespread prescribed and/or agriculture fires across parts of the Southern Plans and Lower Mississippi Valley on 03 March 2022. The Fire Power, Fire Temperature and Fire Area derived products are components of... Read More
GOES-16 (GOES-East) Dust RGB and Split Window Difference (10.3-12.3 µm) images (above) revealed a pulse of blowing dust (or haboob) that was created by strong surface outflow from collapsing thunderstorms near the California/Nevada border on 15 February 2022. Much of this wind-lofted dust (appearing as brighter shades of magenta in Dust RGB images, and... Read More
A large amount of Saharan Dust has been blowing off of the African continent for the past several days. The dust is moving to higher latitudes reaching as far north as southern Ireland. These strong dust events heavily affect air quality in the Canary Islands and a yellow alert is... Read More
