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

Strong winds behind a storm moving along the United States/Canada border on 23 December 2020 led to blizzard warnings over much of the Northern Plains (link). How easily was the blowing snow detected by satellite? The animation above shows the Day Snow Fog RGB from 1416 through 1751 UTC on 23 December 2020. During this time over North Dakota, low clouds... Read More