Blowing Dust in Kansas
Strong northwesterly winds over the Great Plains to the west of a storm system over the mid-Mississippi River Valley have resulted in Red Flag Warnings over Oklahoma, and High Wind Warning and Dust Storm Warnings — including the closing of I-70 over Kansas. Visible Imagery in the “Blue Band”, above, shows little indication of the blowing dust (Click here for an animation without surface observations); dust is difficult to observe when sun... Read More