My son has just phoned from the Dolomites where he has been skiing. They
have had huge snowfalls and it is brown (and apparently doesn't taste very
pleasant either!). The locals say it contains dust from the Sahara which
sounds very plausible.

Certainly (visual) cloud animations, eg via:
http://www.wetter.com/home/content/D...p_xl.php?date=

show how the cloud has indeed moved up from N.Africa over the past few days
and mixed with the colder Northern European air. Note the snow cover over
Poland.

Jack

"Jack Harrison" wrote in message
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My son has just phoned from the Dolomites where he has been skiing. They
have had huge snowfalls and it is brown (and apparently doesn't taste
very
pleasant either!). The locals say it contains dust from the Sahara which
sounds very plausible.

Certainly (visual) cloud animations, eg via:

http://www.wetter.com/home/content/D...p_xl.php?date=

show how the cloud has indeed moved up from N.Africa over the past few
days
and mixed with the colder Northern European air. Note the snow cover over
Poland.

Jack

Hi Jack,

A terrible last couple of days in Tignes. I arrived back about two hours
ago, leaving heavy snow this morning, falling as rain at around 1650m. This
would also give evidence to mild air being entrained from N. Africa. Got
some fantastic photos which I hope to post, including a weather station
setup in Val d'Isere at 1850m.

Joe

Jack,

Interesting report from you. The following images show the dust/sand plume
originating for Algeria, both yesterday and today. I would say the plume
looks unusually dense.


http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...1346-d-med.JPG
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...1356-e-sah.JPG
--
Bernard Burton
Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.


Satellite images at:
www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp.html
"Jack Harrison" wrote in message
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My son has just phoned from the Dolomites where he has been skiing. They
have had huge snowfalls and it is brown (and apparently doesn't taste
very
pleasant either!). The locals say it contains dust from the Sahara which
sounds very plausible.

Certainly (visual) cloud animations, eg via:

http://www.wetter.com/home/content/D...p_xl.php?date=

show how the cloud has indeed moved up from N.Africa over the past few
days
and mixed with the colder Northern European air. Note the snow cover over
Poland.

Jack

"Never eat yellow Snow" .... best advice anyone can have.
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have had huge snowfalls and it is brown (and apparently doesn't taste
very
pleasant either!).

"Jack Harrison" wrote in message
news:F5MZb.431$xx3.235@newsfe1-win...
My son has just phoned from the Dolomites where he has been skiing. They
have had huge snowfalls and it is brown (and apparently doesn't taste
very
pleasant either!). The locals say it contains dust from the Sahara which
sounds very plausible.

Certainly (visual) cloud animations, eg via:

http://www.wetter.com/home/content/D...p_xl.php?date=

show how the cloud has indeed moved up from N.Africa over the past few
days
and mixed with the colder Northern European air. Note the snow cover over
Poland.

Jack



http://forecast.uoa.gr/dustindx.html

JP

"danny" wrote "Never eat yellow Snow" .... best
advice anyone can have.

I know a good joke about that....:-) Involves a farmer's daughter.

Jack

On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 20:02:00 -0000, "Jack Harrison"
wrote:


"danny" wrote "Never eat yellow Snow" .... best
advice anyone can have.

I know a good joke about that....:-) Involves a farmer's daughter.

Oh no, not the one about the sheep and the vaseline, I hope !

JPG


Jack

"JPG" wrote in messagein reply to, "Jack Harrison"

I know a good joke about that....:-) Involves a farmer's daughter.

Oh no, not the one about the sheep and the vaseline, I hope !

It's about signatures in the snow.

Jack

Lol .
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"JPG" wrote in message
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On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 20:02:00 -0000, "Jack Harrison"
wrote:


"danny" wrote "Never eat yellow Snow" ....
best
advice anyone can have.

I know a good joke about that....:-) Involves a farmer's daughter.

Oh no, not the one about the sheep and the vaseline, I hope !

JPG


Jack

On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 20:41:04 -0000, "Jack Harrison"
wrote:


"JPG" wrote in messagein reply to, "Jack Harrison"

I know a good joke about that....:-) Involves a farmer's daughter.

Oh no, not the one about the sheep and the vaseline, I hope !

It's about signatures in the snow.

Oh that one, - "it was in your girlfriend's handwriting" ?

JPG



Jack