With the sea continuing to dissipate (thanks to poor irrigation), the loose, salty, silt left behind easily transports with a little wind. With a tight pressure gradiant producing an east-northeasterly wind at 20-30KT, this was the result:
Aral Sea Dust Storm
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Aral Sea Dust Storm
I meant to make a post a few days ago about this, but on the 29th of April, a large duststorm advected southwestward from the Aral Sea (or what remains of it).
With the sea continuing to dissipate (thanks to poor irrigation), the loose, salty, silt left behind easily transports with a little wind. With a tight pressure gradiant producing an east-northeasterly wind at 20-30KT, this was the result:
With the sea continuing to dissipate (thanks to poor irrigation), the loose, salty, silt left behind easily transports with a little wind. With a tight pressure gradiant producing an east-northeasterly wind at 20-30KT, this was the result:
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Re: Aral Sea Dust Storm
We actually had one here yesterday in Las Vegas. The outflow from a decaying thunderstorm cell pushed a wall of dust. The visibility was so low that traffic on the I-15 freeway stopped for a few minutes.
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