A lot of whitish dust deposits on the car this morning after the light rain
of last night - typical after washing it yesterday! Anyone else notice
anything? No obvious dust plume upwind on MSG dust imagery in the last few
days.
--
Andy
Romansleigh, North Devon
http://www.romansleighweather.co.uk/

On 26/04/2013 19:25, Andy Page wrote:
A lot of whitish dust deposits on the car this morning after the light
rain of last night - typical after washing it yesterday! Anyone else
notice anything? No obvious dust plume upwind on MSG dust imagery in the
last few days.

Home-grown dust? Soils are very dry around here and there is dust
blowing around.

Last night's 1.4 mm seems to have evaporated and everything is as dry as
it was yesterday.

--
Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
20 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

In article ,
Andy Page writes:
A lot of whitish dust deposits on the car this morning after the light
rain of last night - typical after washing it yesterday! Anyone else
notice anything? No obvious dust plume upwind on MSG dust
imagery in the last few days.

Could it have been pollen rather than dust?
--
John Hall
"Sir, I have found you an argument;
but I am not obliged to find you an understanding."
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

On Friday, April 26, 2013 7:25:24 PM UTC+1, Andy Page wrote:
A lot of whitish dust deposits on the car this morning after the light rain
of last night - typical after washing it yesterday! Anyone else notice
anything? No obvious dust plume upwind on MSG dust imagery in the last few
days.

--

Andy

Romansleigh, North Devon

http://www.romansleighweather.co.uk/

I noticed that, it was so white I thought it was just salt. We get a lot a sea salt deposits here (I'm forever washing it off the windows!)

Is it possible the sea salt was taken into the warm sector mist/low cloud
& then deposited out?

Graham
Penzance
http://www.sennen-cove.com/today2.htm

On 26/04/2013 19:25, Andy Page wrote:
A lot of whitish dust deposits on the car this morning after the light
rain of last night - typical after washing it yesterday! Anyone else
notice anything? No obvious dust plume upwind on MSG dust imagery in the
last few days.

Same in Manchester last night. Car looked like a leopard this morning!

Regards,
Martin Brown

On 26/04/2013 19:25, Andy Page wrote:
A lot of whitish dust deposits on the car this morning after the light
rain of last night - typical after washing it yesterday! Anyone else
notice anything? No obvious dust plume upwind on MSG dust imagery in the
last few days.

Noted yesterday (Thursday) morning here.

--
George in Epping, west Essex, 350'asl
www.eppingweather.co.uk
www.winter1947.co.uk

On 26/04/2013 20:08, Graham Easterling wrote:
On Friday, April 26, 2013 7:25:24 PM UTC+1, Andy Page wrote:
A lot of whitish dust deposits on the car this morning after the light rain
of last night - typical after washing it yesterday! Anyone else notice
anything? No obvious dust plume upwind on MSG dust imagery in the last few
days.

--

Andy

Romansleigh, North Devon

http://www.romansleighweather.co.uk/

I noticed that, it was so white I thought it was just salt. We get a lot a sea salt deposits here (I'm forever washing it off the windows!)

Is it possible the sea salt was taken into the warm sector mist/low cloud
& then deposited out?

I suspect it is airborne pollen from conifers. It is the Japanese
hayfever season in spring due to forests of cryptomeria. It lays down
thick pollen even in quite urban areas if conditions are right.

The recent warm spell seems to have woken up lots of peacock butterflies
although the wind didn't seem strong enough last night for airborne
pollenation to be very active. Hailstones falling tonight.

Regards,
Martin Brown

On 2013-04-26 19:06:33 +0000, John Hall said:

In article ,
Andy Page writes:
A lot of whitish dust deposits on the car this morning after the light
rain of last night - typical after washing it yesterday! Anyone else
notice anything? No obvious dust plume upwind on MSG dust
imagery in the last few days.

Could it have been pollen rather than dust?

Yes, the tew tree in my garden emits great clouds of the stuff when the
wind blows at this time of year. The first time I saw it I thought the
next door neighbours had lit a bonfire just over the fence.

On Friday, 26 April 2013 19:25:24 UTC+1, Andy Page wrote:
A lot of whitish dust deposits on the car this morning after the light rain of last night - typical after washing it yesterday! Anyone else notice anything? No obvious dust plume upwind on MSG dust imagery in the last few days. -- Andy Romansleigh, North Devon http://www.romansleighweather.co.uk/

Having now had the opportunity to look back at more detailed imagery from
Tues/Weds/Thurs, there was lifted sand/dust over NW Africa, with the upper
flow over southern UK during Thursday and early Friday being sourced over
that area, so I am content that these are Saharan dust deposits and certainly not pollen.

On Saturday, April 27, 2013 11:01:07 AM UTC+1, wrote:
On Friday, 26 April 2013 19:25:24 UTC+1, Andy Page wrote:

A lot of whitish dust deposits on the car this morning after the light rain of last night - typical after washing it yesterday! Anyone else notice anything? No obvious dust plume upwind on MSG dust imagery in the last few days. -- Andy Romansleigh, North Devon http://www.romansleighweather.co.uk/



Having now had the opportunity to look back at more detailed imagery from

Tues/Weds/Thurs, there was lifted sand/dust over NW Africa, with the upper

flow over southern UK during Thursday and early Friday being sourced over

that area, so I am content that these are Saharan dust deposits and certainly not pollen.

Have to wash my car today as a result. Definitely looks like dust, rather than pollen.