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A new massive Saharan dust cloud is forecast to spread into central Europe this week

March 29, 2022 by Marko Korosec
A new massive Saharan dust cloud is forecast to spread into central Europe this week

About 14 days ago, historic amounts of Saharan dust have spread into southwestern parts of Europe, turning skies and snow into apocalyptic, desert-like scenery. The … Read more

Categories Global weather Tags alps, balkan peninsula, dust cloud, europe, frontal system, saharan dust, saharan dust cloud, weather

A large Saharan dust cloud is moving over the Atlantic Ocean, marking an early start of the dust storm season, intensifying as we head into Spring

May 20, 2022March 13, 2022 by Andrej Flis
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A large Saharan dust cloud is moving out of Africa and into the Atlantic Ocean. It is currently covering a large portion of the tropical … Read more

Categories Global weather Tags atlantic ocean, forecast, outlook, pressure, saharan air layer, saharan dust, trade winds, tropical, weather

A new large Saharan dust cloud is moving over the Atlantic Ocean, forecast to reach the Caribbean and the southeastern United States by the end of the week

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 by Andrej Flis
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A new large Saharan dust cloud is has moved out of Africa and into the Atlantic Ocean. It is currently heading towards the Caribbean, before … Read more

Categories Latest news Tags atlantic, caribbean, dust cloud, forecast, ocean, saharan dust, united states

Skies and snow turn orange as massive Saharan Dust load spreads across south-central Europe this weekend

February 6, 2021February 6, 2021 by Marko Korosec
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A massive amount of Saharan Dust has advected across the Mediterranean into central Europe this weekend, thanks to the favorable pattern turning the jet stream … Read more

Categories Europe Weather Tags alps, dust, dust concentration, dust deposit, dust load, europe, jet stream, Sahara, saharan dust, yellow snow

Huge Saharan dust load over south-central Europe, also towards UK and Ireland

May 16, 2020May 14, 2020 by Marko Korosec

There is a strong advection of Saharan dust from North Africa into Europe this week. An established pattern across our continent favors south-southwesterly advection of … Read more

Categories Mesoscale Discussion Archives Tags Balkans, central europe, dust, ireland, Mediterranean, ridge, saharan dust, UK, warm advection

Saharan dust advection across southern Europe, reaching France, England and Ireland on Wednesday

April 21, 2020 by Marko Korosec

The ongoing progressive pattern over southern Europe and the Mediterranean against the extensive and powerful upper ridge over northern Europe and Arctic region, will result … Read more

Categories Mesoscale Discussion Archives Tags dust load, england, france, iberia, rain, saharan dust, UK, upper low

Rex block pattern with deep upper low over the Mediterranean brings lots of rain and flooding into southern Italy tonight

March 25, 2020 by Marko Korosec

A potentially dangerous setup is unfolding across the southern Mediterranean today and tonight. In response to a deepening upper low, a pronounced surface low and … Read more

Categories Mesoscale Discussion Archives Tags calabria, excessive rainfall, flash floods, italy, Malta, Mediterranean, rex block, saharan dust, Sicily, upper low

Spanish plume brings Saharan dust into western and central Europe

June 25, 2019 by Admin SWE

The ongoing Spanish plume event is pushing significant amounts of Saharan dust into the skies of western Europe. Saharan dust will push as far north … Read more

Categories Mesoscale Discussion Archives Tags saharan dust, Spanish Plume
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