Smoke From Massive Spring Fires In New Mexico, High Plains Dust Storm Converge In NOAA Imagery

[hatrack]

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On April 29, 2022, the GOES East satellite captured this dynamic imagery of massive grayish-white smoke plumes emanating from the Cerro Pelado, Cooks Peak, and the combined Calf Canyon and Hermits Peak fires in New Mexico, while a brownish dust storm raced southward from the Colorado Plains.

According to the National Weather Service, wind gusts in Colorado reached up to 60 mph due to a boundary diving southward, and the dust carried caused visibility to drop to near zero in what was called “brown-out” conditions.

As of May 2, 2022, the fires in this imagery had consumed roughly 181,000 acres (283 square miles) combined, an area about the size of Lexington, Kentucky.

EDIT

https://climatecrocks.com/2022/05/04/as-heat-wave-builds-fire-season-comes-early-in-southwest/#more-74136

[Mickju]

1. I hope Mike Nelson will keep his job for speaking out.

Here in Oklahoma the TV meteorologists never mention climate change and would probably be fired if they did so.