A nice piece on the RMetS page explaining why cars all over the south east of England were covered with Saharan dust earlier in the week and we had some strange yellow skies on Wednesday. My car still has some of the sand on the back of it.
An explainer:
It was also carried across Europe, colouring snow in the Alps for example - a friend who goes skiing sent me some pictures.
An Atmospheric River of Saharan Dust Blankets Western Europe: An atmospheric river carried a plume of Saharan dust to Western Europe, blanketing cities and ski slopes, and degrading air quality. On… https://t.co/QIbBp4zIna | @SciTechDaily1 #Science #Technology #SciTechDaily
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