![](\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2023\/02\/230218_goes18_goes17_goes16_trueColorRGB_Tehuano_anim.GIF\")
<\/a>True Color RGB mages from GOES-18 (left), GOES-17 (center) and GOES-16 (right) [click to play animated GIF | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>True Color RGB mages — created using Geo2Grid<\/strong><\/a> — from GOES-18 (GOES-West), GOES-17 and GOES-16 (GOES-East) (above)<\/strong><\/em> displayed the hazy signature of blowing dust associated with a Tehuano wind<\/strong><\/a> event, which was spreading south-southwestward from the Gulf of Tehuantepec across the Pacific Ocean on 18 February 2023. A narrow rope cloud marked the edges of this outflow.<\/p>\n GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) images, with plots of hourly surface\/ship\/buoy reports and the 18 UTC surface analysis [click to play animated GIF | MP4]<\/p><\/div>GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images (above)<\/strong><\/em> include plots of surface\/ship\/buoy reports and the 18 UTC surface analysis — a region with the risk of Gale Force winds was outlined in the Gulf of Tehuantepec.<\/p>\n In a closer view of regional topography (below)<\/strong><\/em>, the narrow Chivela Pass could be seen north-northeast of Ixtepec (station identifier MMIT), through which the northerly flow of cold air is accelerated.<\/p>\n Topography image, with plots of surface\/ship\/buoy reports and the surface analysis at 18 UTC [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>A sequence of ASCAT wind barbs (source<\/strong><\/a>) from Metop-B and Metop-C (below)<\/strong><\/em> helped to highlight the pulse of gap winds as they emerged from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and spread south-southwestward across the Gulf of Tehuantepec.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>