As discussed in this blog post, GOES-16 (GOES-East) Dust RGB images (above) displayed the distinct signature of a large blowing dust plume (brighter shades magenta/pink) that initially developed over drought-stricken areas of eastern Colorado and far western Kansas on 15 January 2021. Surface wind gusts in excess of 60 knots were seen in eastern Colorado... Read More

GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) indicated that a strong arctic cold front (surface analyses) had plunged southward across Mexico, through the Chivela Pass, and emerged as a Tehuano (or “Tehuantepecer“) gap wind into the Gulf of Tehuantepec on 24 December 2020. Along the Gulf of Mexico coast, a few... Read More

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) Dust RGB images (above) displayed signatures of blowing dust (brighter shades of pink) moving southward across eastern Colorado and over the Oklahoma/Texas Panhandle region on 23 December 2020. The dust source region appeared to be eastern Colorado, where wind gusts in excess of 60 knots were observed during the morning hours.GOES-16 True Color... Read More

As was seen 2 days earlier, a plume of blowing dust developed across the Texas Panhandle in the wake of a cold frontal passage, and was transported southeastward across western Texas on 15 December 2020 — GOES-16 (GOES-East) Dust RGB images (above) displayed signatures of this airborne dust (brighter shades of pink).GOES-16 True Color RGB images created using Geo2Grid (below) showed the tan-colored... Read More