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Image from this afternoon's NOAA18 pass over the Sahara shows a massive dust
storm around a low pressure over Algeria. The image is from the IR channel 4
sensor.
http://www.woksat.info/etcpb21/pb21-1301-i-sah.html


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On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:29:02 -0000, "Bernard Burton"
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Image from this afternoon's NOAA18 pass over the Sahara shows a massive dust
storm around a low pressure over Algeria. The image is from the IR channel 4
sensor.
http://www.woksat.info/etcpb21/pb21-1301-i-sah.html



Does this mean my car will be covered in orange dust by the middle of
next week? :-)
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On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:29:02 -0000, "Bernard Burton"
wrote:

Image from this afternoon's NOAA18 pass over the Sahara shows a massive

dust
storm around a low pressure over Algeria. The image is from the IR

channel 4
sensor.
http://www.woksat.info/etcpb21/pb21-1301-i-sah.html



Does this mean my car will be covered in orange dust by the middle of
next week? :-)


No, not according to this Athens University model
http://forecast.uoa.gr/LINKS/DUST/dload/anim.html

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Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.

Satellite images at:
www.woksat.info/wwp.html
or
www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp.html





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