An active weather pattern has produced another strong storm over the Great Plains of the United States on 18-19 March, and another dust storm. Dust RGB Imagery, above, shows the evolution of the dust plume (in magenta/pink in the RGB) from Mexico into the western Great Lakes. The pink occurs because of a strong... Read More
Blizzards, dust storms, fires, floods, thunderstorms and tornadoes were the result of very strong back-to-back negatively tilted shortwave troughs through the eastern half of the U.S. From Texas to Wisconsin, New York to Florida, severe wind gusts, large hail, and deadly tornadoes were recorded. The hardest hit states during the... Read More
Next-Generation Fire System (NGFS) data within a RealEarth instance (direct link), above, shows the rapid development and growth of multiple fires during the day on 14 March 2025. The RealEarth instance might be an easier way to track fires on an Extreme Fire Weather day like 14 March; the NGFS Alerts Dashboard (https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/ngfs)... Read More
Aided by strong southwesterly winds gusting as high as 72 knots (83 mph) behind a cold front, more than 130 wildfires rapidly developed and spread across 44 counties in Oklahoma on 14 March 2025. 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) Visible images (above) included overlays of 1-minute GOES-16 Fire Mask derived product (a component... Read More
