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HOLY $h!# LOOK AT THIS PICS!!

#1 Postby Ola » Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:01 pm

I just saw someone post this on another forum this are past SAL events. This are some of the coolest pics I have eveer seen.

Cape Verde Islands SAL
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West Cost Africa SAL


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Another West Africa SAL

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#2 Postby Aquawind » Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:07 pm

Wow alrighty..awesome detail..wish that detail was real time..dreamy..
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#3 Postby Anonymous » Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:54 pm

Cool.
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#4 Postby jabber » Sat Jul 17, 2004 6:54 am

Very nice, do you know the source. Looks like Shuttle shots.
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#5 Postby robag » Sat Jul 17, 2004 7:58 am

There is Sahara dust floating over Florida Bay this week. The Upper Keys are roasting with heat indices well over 100 degrees every day. By the way, I was on vacation when all this SAL discussion heated up. What is SAL anyway?
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SAL = Saharan Air Layer

#6 Postby Weatherboy1 » Sat Jul 17, 2004 8:12 am

Essentially, if you get a strong enough Azores high to the NW of the African continent, Saharan dirt and dust can get swept up into the atmosphere via easterly winds. That dust then gets carried into the tropics and across the Atlantic, helping to dry the atmosphere in the main development region for tropical storms. This inhibits tropical storm formation.

There's a place where you can monitor SAL conditions. Here's the link:

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/real- ... rkAsal.jpg
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#7 Postby Ola » Sat Jul 17, 2004 9:29 am

check this sites out

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/DustBowl/

http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/african_dust/
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#8 Postby CaluWxBill » Sat Jul 17, 2004 11:28 am

jabber wrote:Very nice, do you know the source. Looks like Shuttle shots.


http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/realtime/
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#9 Postby The Dark Knight » Sat Jul 17, 2004 12:19 pm

Wow, those are some awesome pics......
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#10 Postby VanceWxMan » Sat Jul 17, 2004 1:51 pm

My Satellite Guru at WxChat.com has a program that will produce images of this magnitude. Rik Wessels is his name and he is the admin of pro-weather.com

Aaron
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