Hi, All,

Any dust deposit experts lurking, Stephen Burt and others?
I've put some pics on the website, p 5 recent pictures, of some
sandy-type deposits that I observed at obs time this morninmg. I
noticed lots of dust on swmbo's car at 06Z but thought that was just
blown, raised dust. On reflection, though, the ground is damp after a
wet weekend. There has been light drizzle overnight and only trace in
the raingauge over the 24hr 09Z - 09Z.

Wind direction has been between N and E for the past few days - hardly
a dust deposit direction, surely? The wind was quite strong yesterday.

Any ideas anyone?

Best wishes,

Ken

Copley 253metres asl, nr Barnard Castle, County Durham
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/copley

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Cook writes
Hi, All,

Any dust deposit experts lurking, Stephen Burt and others?
I've put some pics on the website, p 5 recent pictures, of some
sandy-type deposits that I observed at obs time this morninmg. I
noticed lots of dust on swmbo's car at 06Z but thought that was just
blown, raised dust. On reflection, though, the ground is damp after a
wet weekend. There has been light drizzle overnight and only trace in
the raingauge over the 24hr 09Z - 09Z.

Wind direction has been between N and E for the past few days - hardly
a dust deposit direction, surely? The wind was quite strong yesterday.

Any ideas anyone?

Best wishes,

Ken

Copley 253metres asl, nr Barnard Castle, County Durham
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/copley

Ken,

If you look at the following image (maybe needs registration - but free)
there appears to be a lot of dust over the western North Sea, clearly
visible to the NE of the cloud sheet:

http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/pdus/BV/...90600BV1_g.jpg

The large bank of fog over and north of the Shetland Islands is also a
notable feature of the image.

Norman
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England

"Norman Lynagh" wrote in
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Ken,

If you look at the following image (maybe needs registration - but free)
there appears to be a lot of dust over the western North Sea, clearly
visible to the NE of the cloud sheet:

http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/pdus/BV/...90600BV1_g.jpg

The large bank of fog over and north of the Shetland Islands is also a
notable feature of the image.

Norman

Norman,

I am glad that someone has pointed this bank of fog out. It's been
remarkable watching it drift SW over the past 36 hours. I have never seen
one travel such a distance and persist for so long.

Joe

Shows up well on the 0900hrs HRV visible image.

http://www.west-cheshire.ac.uk/weather/msgvis.asp

Regards,

Rob

On Tue, 09 May 2006 10:29:09 GMT, Norman Lynagh wrote in


If you look at the following image (maybe needs registration - but free)
there appears to be a lot of dust over the western North Sea, clearly
visible to the NE of the cloud sheet:

http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/pdus/BV/...90600BV1_g.jpg

It seems that dust cloud was over the North Sea for quite a long time.
These two sat pics from Dundee (NOAA18 AVHRR) show it yesterday and for the
6th May. Back tracking suggests it is of Eurasian origin?

http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/abin/pro...roject.ch2.jpg

http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/abin/pro...roject.ch2.jpg

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Mike Coleraine 55.13°N 6.69°W posted 09/05/2006 11:59:25 UTC

On Tue, 9 May 2006 11:59:25 +0100, Mike Tullett wrote in

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This MODIS 2km image shows the cloud crossing Denmark on the 5th.

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/r...105959.2km.jpg

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Mike Coleraine 55.13°N 6.69°W posted 09/05/2006 12:10:38 UTC

Mike Tullett wrote:

It seems that dust cloud was over the North Sea for quite a long time.
These two sat pics from Dundee (NOAA18 AVHRR) show it yesterday and for the
6th May. Back tracking suggests it is of Eurasian origin?

Thanks for the replies, everyone,

This could be one reason why there has been such poor visibility
recently even though the humidity has been relatively low. I am now
beginning to receive other reports of dust falls in NE England over the
past few days. It certainly must have been a big one for me to notice
it!

Best wishes,

Ken
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk

"Joe Hunt" wrote:
"Norman Lynagh" wrote:

If you look at the following image (maybe needs registration - but free)
there appears to be a lot of dust over the western North Sea, clearly
visible to the NE of the cloud sheet:
http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/pdus/BV/...90600BV1_g.jpg
The large bank of fog over and north of the Shetland Islands is also a
notable feature of the image.

I am glad that someone has pointed this bank of fog out. It's been
remarkable watching it drift SW over the past 36 hours. I have never seen
one travel such a distance and persist for so long.

That may well be a reflection of the absence of late-spring
anticyclonic northeasterlies over the last 5 or 6 years. My reaction
was: ... about time ... Lerwick has had very nearly 150 hours of
sunshine in the last 15 days. The absence of haar along North Sea
coasts so far during this spell has similarly caught the eye. Maybe
that is also about to change.

Philip

"Ken Cook" wrote in message
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Mike Tullett wrote:

It seems that dust cloud was over the North Sea for quite a long
time.
These two sat pics from Dundee (NOAA18 AVHRR) show it yesterday and
for the
6th May. Back tracking suggests it is of Eurasian origin?

.... not sure if there is a link, but this was posted recently in another
newsgroup:-

"ASIA
China

A sandstorm originating along the China/Mongolia border affected
Beijing on the 17th. It was the eighth sandstorm of 2006 for the
Chinese capital, and reportedly the worst so far this year. Reduced
visibilities also spread eastward to the Korean Peninsula (BBC News)."


Martin.


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Norman Lynagh wrote:

If you look at the following image (maybe needs registration - but free)
there appears to be a lot of dust over the western North Sea, clearly
visible to the NE of the cloud sheet:

http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/pdus/BV/...90600BV1_g.jpg

http://www.bugmenot.com/tutorial.php bypass these nigglers.

The large bank of fog over and north of the Shetland Islands is also a
notable feature of the image.

And a concomitant typhoon off the Philippines?

Strke 3 for the Weatherlawyer.

It is the sandstorm season is it not? What is over the southern Europe
section of this col? I seem to remember a recent forecast (was it on
Five, Lara Lewington?) showing an easterly.