Severe thunderstorms are forecast through this weekend along a slow moving cold front and secondary storm system that will impact areas from the southern Plains to the Great Lakes. Large hail and isolated damaging wind gusts are the main threats with these storms along with a risk for heavy to excessive rainfall which could bring flooding. Read More >
In the following infrared satellite loop, you can see blowing dust that blew into the west Texas and southeast New Mexico behind a strong cold front on March 11, 2002.
The infrared satellite image (with false coloration) below also shows the dust as it blew through west Texas.
The dust can also be faintly discerned in the following visible satellite loop.
NOUS44 KMAF 120516 PNSMAF PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1116 PM CST MON MAR 11 2002 A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSING NORTH OF THE PERMIAN BASIN...AND A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT AT THE SURFACE PRODUCED STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS...BLOWING DUST REDUCED VISIBILITIES ACROSS MANY LOCALITIES OF THE WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. IN GENERAL...VISIBILITIES AT MANY LOCALITIES DURING THE MIDDLE TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS WERE REDUCED TO 5-6 MILES. HOWEVER...SOME LOCALITIES INCLUDING THE MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAD VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO TWO MILES AT TIMES. EVEN LOWER VISIBILITIES WERE NOTED DOWNWIND OF PLOWED OPEN FIELDS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES AROUND THE REGION. THE BLOWING DUST WAS NOTED VIA LATE AFTERNOON SATELLITE IMAGERY. BELOW ARE SOME PEAK GUSTS RECORDED AT WEATHER SITES LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS ON MONDAY MARCH 11 2002... ...WIND EVENT REPORTS... ...NEW MEXICO... LOCATION WIND GUSTS MPH ARTESIA 53 BAT DRAW RAWS 49 CARLSBAD 51 CAPROCK RAWS 44 HOBBS 52 PADUCAH RAWS 49 TATUM 55 ...TEXAS... LOCATION WIND GUSTS MPH CHISOS BASIN 27 DRYDEN 44 FORT STOCKTON 54 GAIL 53 GUADALUPE NP BOWL 67 GUADALUPE NP PINERY 45 GUADALUPE PASS 60 LAMESA 46 MARFA 54 MIDLAND 46 MOUNT LOCKE 74 ODESSA 46 O DONNELL 56 PANTHER JUNCTION 35 WINK 46 $$ RSB
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