Saharian dust in november!!!

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Saharian dust in november!!!

#1 Postby HUC » Sat Nov 10, 2007 11:18 am

The TWD talk about dust coming just behind the approching wave artound 60° west or so.
The last time i observe this rare occurence of saharian dust ,was in the first week of november 1999! That's to say that tropical influences are always present ( t wave,dust ). Perhaps the last run??? Anyone had comments on this situation???
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#2 Postby gatorcane » Sat Nov 10, 2007 11:20 am

You can see the dust here (notice the grey in the visible loop around 60W moving west).

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/tatl/loop-vis.html
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Re: Saharian dust in november!!!

#3 Postby HUC » Sat Nov 10, 2007 1:58 pm

Yeah,and look at this metsat visible showing a mass of dust...
http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/xrit/000.0E ... _1_S1.jpeg
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Re: Saharian dust in november!!!

#4 Postby HUC » Sat Nov 10, 2007 2:02 pm

And just for the pleasure,have you seen this pretty little ANTICYCLONIC swirl west of Guadeloupe?? When there is nothing wee can appreciate mother nture.... :wink:
http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/volcano/montserrat.gif
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Re: Saharian dust in november!!!

#5 Postby Cyclone1 » Sat Nov 10, 2007 2:21 pm

HUC wrote:And just for the pleasure,have you seen this pretty little ANTICYCLONIC swirl west of Guadeloupe?? When there is nothing wee can appreciate mother nture.... :wink:
http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/volcano/montserrat.gif


Whoa clockwise! That's pretty sweet!
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#6 Postby Gustywind » Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:42 am

000
AXNT20 KNHC 111120
TWDAT

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
705 AM EST SUN NOV 11 2007

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR NORTH AMERICA...CENTRAL
AMERICA...THE GULF OF MEXICO...THE CARIBBEAN SEA...NORTHERN
SECTIONS OF SOUTH AMERICA...AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE
AFRICAN COAST FROM THE EQUATOR TO 32N. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION
IS BASED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY...METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS...
WEATHER OBSERVATIONS...AND RADAR.

BASED ON 0600 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH
1015 UTC.

...TROPICAL WAVES...
Here is the player :cheesy:
TROPICAL WAVE IS ALONG 58W S OF 13N MOVING W NEAR 20 KT. WAVE REMAINS EMBEDDED WITHIN A SURGE OF AFRICAN DUST:wink: AND IS MOVING OVER EASTERN PORTION OF SOUTH AMERICA.SCATTERED SHOWERS/ ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE S OF 11N TO JUST INLAND OVER GUYANA BETWEEN 57W-60W.
Hi Huc, glad to see that you're here sometimes :) , concerning your topic...that's pretty interresting and it's a very good and pertinent observation, but i never payed attention to that with untrained eyes... in 1999 :lol: . But given your trained eyes i'm agree with the fact that this....means that there's some tropical activity :P :cheesy: :wink: ... we continue to monitor the area Huc in spite of the apparent weak activity :cheesy: !
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Re: Saharian dust in november!!!

#7 Postby HUC » Sun Nov 11, 2007 10:21 am

Hello,gusty;i know that some professionnal met in the carribean are studying the dust in our area. I know that Mr Lebel in Martinica do so.
I know also that some pro argue that the strong trades winds can also contribute to the so call "dust",when there are mixing with spry-sea.we know that this "dust" got some impact over huricane's formation and developpement...
This is a meteorological field that stay somewhat inexplored;and i think that we have a lot of job to begin ( biguine? :) understand this phenomenon.. Any pro here to answer? :?:
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Re: Saharian dust in november!!!

#8 Postby Gustywind » Mon Nov 12, 2007 8:05 am

HUC wrote:Hello,gusty;i know that some professionnal met in the carribean are studying the dust in our area. I know that Mr Lebel in Martinica do so.
I know also that some pro argue that the strong trades winds can also contribute to the so call "dust",when there are mixing with spry-sea.we know that this "dust" got some impact over huricane's formation and developpement...
This is a meteorological field that stay somewhat inexplored;and i think that we have a lot of job to begin ( biguine? :) understand this phenomenon.. Any pro here to answer? :?:


Ok ok Huc you seem very well informed as usual :wink: 8-) tkanks a lot :) :P . But, i'm very convinced too , as you said that this dust will have multiple interactions on canes in the future and in the weather and our waf of life too, it's a wide and unexploded field.... and agree with you , we have a lot of job to begin (biguine? lol :wink: for sure) si si ....pero espero que tenemos bailadores para disfrutar este agradable baile (mueve mueve tu cintura /para ti bailadora que tienes sandunga) :lol: :D .
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