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bemildred

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18. Wicked sandstorm whips through the Arabian Peninsula

Reply to KoKo (Original post)

Thu Apr 2, 2015, 02:02 PM

Apr 2015

A massive sandstorm is tracking across parts of the Middle East this week. The storm filled Saudi Arabia’s air with a thick, yellow-brown haze on Wednesday and has since spread across the peninsula into the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Yemen on Thursday.

A ridge of high pressure has built over the region, and strong winds from the north are whipping across the dry, desert landscape. A visible satellite animation from Scott Bachmeier at the CIMSS Satellite Blog shows the storm as it blew south across the Arabian Peninsula on Thursday.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/04/02/wicked-sandstorm-whips-through-dubai-uae-arabian-peninsula/?tid=hpModule_99d5f542-86a2-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394

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