{"id":62328,"date":"2024-12-30T23:10:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T23:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=62328"},"modified":"2025-01-03T18:38:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T18:38:55","slug":"blowing-dust-across-west-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/62328","title":{"rendered":"Blowing dust across West Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"width: 2944px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2024\/12\/241230_g16_vis_TX_bldn.mp4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2024\/12\/241230_1901utc_g16_vis_TX_bldn.png\" width=\"2934\" height=\"1898\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 Red Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) images with plots of surface wind barbs (white), peak wind gusts (cyan\/yellow), ceiling\/visibility (red) and surface fronts (beige), from 1446-2301 UTC on 30 December [click to play MP4 animation]<\/p><\/div>GOES-16 <em>(GOES-East)<\/em> Visible images <strong><em>(above)<\/em><\/strong> showed the hazy signature of a narrow plume of blowing dust that developed across West Texas on 30 December 2024. Lofted by strong NW winds behind a dryline, this blowing dust briefly reduced the surface visibility to 3.5 miles at Big Spring (KBPG) and 7 miles at Snyder (KSNK).<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 2754px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2024\/12\/GOES-19_RadC_true_color_night_dust_2024365_170117_2024365_232617.mp4_combined_vertically_with_GOES-19_RadC_dust_2024365_170117_2024365_232617.GIF\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2024\/12\/241230_2101utc_g19_tc_dust_TX_bldn.png\" width=\"2744\" height=\"2112\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-19 (Preliminary\/Non-operational) True Color RGB images (top) and Dust RGB images (bottom), from 1701-2326 UTC on 30 December [click to play animated GIF | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2024\/12\/GOES-19_RadC_true_color_night_dust_2024365_170117_2024365_232617.mp4_combined_vertically_with_GOES-19_RadC_dust_2024365_170117_2024365_232617.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>True Color RGB and <a href=\"https:\/\/rammb2.cira.colostate.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Dust_RGB_Quick_Guide-1.pdf\"><strong>Dust RGB<\/strong><\/a> images &#8212; created using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/software\/geo2grid\/\"><strong>Geo2Grid<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from GOES-19 (Preliminary\/Non-operational) <em><strong>(above)<\/strong><\/em> and GOES-16 <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em> revealed that the blowing dust&#8217;s light magenta signature in Dust RGB imagery was apparent before its hazy tan signature became evident in True Color RGB imagery.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 2754px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2024\/12\/GOES-16_RadC_true_color_night_dust_2024365_170117_2024365_232617.mp4_combined_vertically_with_GOES-16_RadC_dust_2024365_170117_2024365_232617.GIF\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2024\/12\/241230_2101utc_g16_tc_dust_TX_bldn.png\" width=\"2744\" height=\"2112\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 True Color RGB images (top) and Dust RGB images (bottom), from 1701-2326 UTC on 30 December [click to play animated GIF | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2024\/12\/GOES-16_RadC_true_color_night_dust_2024365_170117_2024365_232617.mp4_combined_vertically_with_GOES-16_RadC_dust_2024365_170117_2024365_232617.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>Also of note was the earlier appearance of the dust&#8217;s hazy tan signature in GOES-16 True Color RGB imagery compared to GOES-19, as seen in a toggle of 2101 UTC images <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em>. This was due to a larger (and thus more favorable) <em>forward scattering geometry<\/em> from GOES-16 (positioned farther east over the Equator at 75.2\u00b0W longitude) compared to GOES-19 (positioned at 89.5\u00b0W longitude, during its post-launch testing).<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 2754px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2024\/12\/241230_2101utc_goes16_goes19_trueColorRGB_dustRGB_TX_blowing_dust_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2024\/12\/241230_2101utc_goes16_goes19_trueColorRGB_dustRGB_TX_blowing_dust_anim.gif\" width=\"2744\" height=\"2112\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 vs GOES-19 True Color RGB image (top) and Dust RGB image (bottom) at 2101 UTC on 30 December [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOES-16 (GOES-East) Visible images (above) showed the hazy signature of a narrow plume of blowing dust that developed across West Texas on 30 December 2024. Lofted by strong NW winds behind a dryline, this blowing dust briefly reduced the surface visibility to 3.5 miles at Big Spring (KBPG) and 7 miles at Snyder (KSNK). 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