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
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

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

Joe Hunt wrote in message ...
: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.

Perpignan in SW France - 86 mm rain in 24 hrs to 06.00 on Saturday.
Mont Aigoual in Provence - 63 mm in 24 hrs to 06.00 and a further 18 mm in
the following 6 hrs to 12.00 on Saturday.

Huelva in southern Spain - 73 mm in 24 hrs to 06.00 on Saturday including
68 mm in 12 hrs overnight.

Faro on the Algarve (Portugal) - 57 mm in 24 hrs to 06.00 on Saturday.

Figures from the Free University of Berlin daily analysis
http://www.met.fu-berlin.de/deutsch/...etterlage.html

Colin Youngs
Brussels

few photos of the sand snow

http://forum.meteogiornale.it/files/danni_094.jpg
http://forum.meteogiornale.it/files/danni_095.jpg
http://forum.meteogiornale.it/files/danni_097.jpg

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
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

Bernard Burton wrote in message ...
:Interesting report from you. The following images show the dust/sand plume
riginating 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

Bejaia on the Algerian coast
http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/DAAE.html

28°C in the early hours of Saturday; gale to storm force SW wind; 27°C for
much of the day with blowing sand. Tizi-Ouzou on the coast west of Bejaia
reported 28.8°C.

Palermo on Sicily http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/LICJ.html

24 to 25°C on Friday night and Saturday morning with a southerly wind;
sharp fall in temperature on Saturday afternoon when the wind changed
direction; up to 25°C again in the evening when the southerly resumed.
Max. temp. 25.9°C.

Colin Youngs
Brussels

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

"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

Lol .
-------------------------------------------------------
"JPG" wrote in message
...
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