Dust from the Sahara

[Bill W]

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We are experiencing a dust storm from the Sahara here in central Texas. It blows all the way across the Atlantic and up the Gulf of Mexico. Last night it looked more like a moon rise rather than a sun setting. Usually is is very hot at this time of day but not last night. Today was not as bad as the wind was not blowing as much. SL with 90-280.

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[Chuck Albertson]

It's a bit late in the day, but it's visible on the GOES East image here https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/index.php (click to zoom in). I'll be glad when GOES West is finally on line.

Edited July 18, 2018 by Chuck Albertson

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[stuny]

Very nice, very interesting.  I never would have known.

[Bill W]

Thanks Stuart. It should be out of here by the end of the week.

[abrewer]

Great documentation of this phenomenon, Bill.

 

We had something similar in Midland about 1998. It runs in my mind it was from wildfires in Mexico, blowing north into West Texas.

 

The thing I remember most is all the window sills, on the INSIDE of the house, had this fine patina of reddish dust covering them.

[Bill W]

Great documentation of this phenomenon, Bill.

 

We had something similar in Midland about 1998. It runs in my mind it was from wildfires in Mexico, blowing north into West Texas.

 

The thing I remember most is all the window sills, on the INSIDE of the house, had this fine patina of reddish dust covering them.

 

Thanks Allan, I remember that well. We were living in Austin, TX at the time. It was worse than the current dust. You could look at the sun all day and it was just an orange orb. It was very bad for anyone with respiratory issues. 

[Bill W]

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Thanks to all that liked my photo. I must say that the SL 90-280 is a phenomenal lens and I was handholding it at the time set to 280. It is a must have lens if you shoot with the SL. And no I do not receive any promotional assistance from Leica...

[stuny]

While in SAC in Grand forks, ND we'd sometimes experience "snirt storms" - a mixture of dirt and snow viciously blown by unimpeded winds coming across the all-but-treeless prairie, and penetrating the cracks around storm windows.

[Bill W]

While in SAC in Grand forks, ND we'd sometimes experience "snirt storms" - a mixture of dirt and snow viciously blown by unimpeded winds coming across the all-but-treeless prairie, and penetrating the cracks around storm windows.

Experienced one of them in 1977 while I was living in Amarillo, TX. Very strange to be snowing mud...!

[abrewer]

While in SAC in Grand forks, ND we'd sometimes experience "snirt storms" - a mixture of dirt and snow viciously blown by unimpeded winds coming across the all-but-treeless prairie, and penetrating the cracks around storm windows.

 

Stuart, I remember once a dust storm while it thunderstormed outside.

 

It literally RAINED MUD 

 

Only in Texas . . .