"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