{"id":64237,"date":"2025-04-17T23:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T23:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=64237"},"modified":"2025-04-21T21:02:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T21:02:57","slug":"blowing-dust-across-new-mexico-and-texas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/64237","title":{"rendered":"Blowing dust across New Mexico and Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"width: 2210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2025\/04\/250417_goes19_trueColorRGB_dustRGB_NM_TX_blowing_dust_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2025\/04\/GOES-19_ABI_RadC_true_color_night_dust_2025108_004117Z.png\" width=\"2200\" height=\"1800\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">5-minute GOES-19 daytime True Color RGB + nighttime Dust RGB images, from 1801 UTC on 17 April to 0601 UTC on 18 April [click to play animated GIF | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2025\/04\/250417_goes19_trueColorRGB_dustRGB_NM_TX_blowing_dust_anim.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 <em>(GOES-East)<\/em> daytime True Color RGB images created using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/software\/geo2grid\/\"><strong>Geo2Grid<\/strong><\/a> <em><strong>(above)<\/strong><\/em> provided a distinct view of widespread blowing dust that spread northeastward across much of New Mexico during the day on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/dailywxmap\/index_20250417.html\"><strong>17 April 2025<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 eventually reaching the Texas\/Oklahoma Panhandles (and even southeast Colorado and southwest Kansas). After sunset, <a href=\"https:\/\/rammb2.cira.colostate.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Dust_RGB_Quick_Guide-1.pdf\"><strong>Dust RGB<\/strong><\/a> images highlighted the airborne dust as brighter shades of magenta.<\/p>\n<p>1-minute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov\/status\/satellite\/\"><strong>Mesoscale Domain Sector<\/strong><\/a> GOES-19 Visible images <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em> included plots showing the strong winds which produced blowing dust. In southwestern New Mexico this blowing dust caused marked reductions in visibility, leading to the closure of several highways &#8212; including Interstate 10 near Deming KDMN (where a fatal vehicular accident occurred).<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 3010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2025\/04\/250417_g19_vis_NM_TX.mp4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2025\/04\/250418_0000utc_goes19_visible_NM_TX.png\" width=\"3000\" height=\"1666\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">1-minute GOES-19 Red Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) images with plots of 30-minute Peak Wind gusts (yellow\/red) and hourly Ceiling\/Visibility\/Weather (cyan) from 1931 UTC on 17 April to 0030 UTC on 18 April; Interstate highways are plotted in violet [click to play MP4 animation]<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) daytime True Color RGB images created using Geo2Grid (above) provided a distinct view of widespread blowing dust that spread northeastward across much of New Mexico during the day on 17 April 2025 \u2014 eventually reaching the Texas\/Oklahoma Panhandles (and even southeast Colorado and southwest Kansas). 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