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    Canary Islands hit by massive African dust storm

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    • pavelneuman
      pavelneuman last edited by pavelneuman

      The weather event known as the "Calima" came to Canary Islands again on Saturday afternoon. Strong winds blowing out of Western Sahara brought massive dust storm to northern Canaries, leading to cancelation of all flights in and out of Gran Canaria and all flights leaving Tenerife, due to severely impacted visibility.

      Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote are among the most affected locations. To see the extent of the storm, check out the webcams on Windy and the videos shared via Twitter (embeded below).

      The storm is so huge it's visible from space as you can see in the satellite loop from 12 a.m. to 6 p.m. UTC today.

      photo:Windy Webcams;desc:La Quinta, Santa Úrsula, Tenerife

      photo:Windy Webcams;desc:Aeropuerto Tenerife Norte desde el Ortigal

      https://www.windy.com/-Satellite-satellite?satellite,27.868,-17.325,7,internal

      Severe #weather & dark music junkie. CMO at StormHour.com, biz-dev & partnerships at EXTREMEWEATHER.CLUB

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      • Gkikas LGPZ
        Gkikas LGPZ Moderator @pavelneuman last edited by

        @pavelneuman
        also shown in "aerosol" layer
        https://www.windy.com/-Aerosol-aod550?aod550,30.524,-17.930,4
        ec95cc9e-fa7b-4de5-bfc8-53f11d1ae748-εικόνα.png

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        • Gkikas LGPZ
          Gkikas LGPZ Moderator @Gkikas LGPZ last edited by Gkikas LGPZ

          c2ba26d5-cabb-4657-bc14-e3f3ee06b5f8-εικόνα.png

          ... AOD 1.4 is highly correlated to reduced visibility

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          • Gkikas LGPZ
            Gkikas LGPZ Moderator @Gkikas LGPZ last edited by

            .....
            https://www.linkedin.com/posts/eumetsat_sandstorm-sentinel3-calima-activity-6638113542488764416-4gap

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