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Old 07-26-2014, 09:31 PM
 
Location: Sonoran Desert
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How much advance warning do you get of impending dust storms? Are they forecast on the weather? Enough to cancel outdoor events and get all the kids and animals inside? Or is it like "Auntie Em! Auntie Em!"
There are not many outdoor events this time of year and kids and animals are inside already. In any case, the dust storms are not nearly as bad as they look on the news. It gets a hazy brown and if you are out kind of gritty and eye-irritating, but that is about it. There are a couple of nasty spots near old ag fields around Casa Grande where the stuff really gets thick, but for most, it is not that big of a deal. If you are out shopping or whatever, you just go about your business. Aside from the dirt in the air, they can be kind of nice because the wind that blows is cool.

As for warnings, they are pretty easy to see happening without the weather service. If it looks like it is about to rain (dark clouds, breezes, lightening, and thunder), there will be blowing dust ahead of it.
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Old 07-26-2014, 09:50 PM
 
Location: Valley of the Sun
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How much advance warning do you get of impending dust storms? Are they forecast on the weather? Enough to cancel outdoor events and get all the kids and animals inside? Or is it like "Auntie Em! Auntie Em!"
And they usually happen in the evening/night so if you work during the day, you aren't likely to get caught driving in it unless you are out doing something else. They come and pretty quick. Easy to spot so you just stay inside, which is where most of us want to be when the heat is high.
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Old 07-26-2014, 10:11 PM
 
Location: Maryland about 20 miles NW of DC
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Its called a dust storm. Feel free to freak out about something that happens all the time.

A Haboob is a little more than a run of the mill dust storm brought about by a the winds of a weather front or outflow boundary of a thunderstorm. It has some similarities to a super cell cloud associated with a bad thunderstorms, thermal wind currents due to convestion get set up and thats what moves the dust around and keeps it in the sky so a Haboob can last for days and cover large areas. The name comes from the Middle East where it is a common occurance in the Sahara, Arabian and Persian deserts. They were not as common in the American SW (Sonoran desert) because the deserts here are not as extensive as in the Middle East but as the SW dries out and begins the slow heating expected from now on they may not be so rare anymore.
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Old 07-26-2014, 10:57 PM
 
Location: Hyrule
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How much advance warning do you get of impending dust storms? Are they forecast on the weather? Enough to cancel outdoor events and get all the kids and animals inside? Or is it like "Auntie Em! Auntie Em!"
Well, I wouldn't be stupid enough to plan an outdoor wedding during monsoon season but some rely on luck. lol The funniest part is when they try and pour sand together in the bottle, they get a little more sand then they planned for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_eR0PmDXfs
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Old 07-26-2014, 11:04 PM
 
Location: Hyrule
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Just be careful driving in it. If you see a big one, pull over they only last a little while. This video shows how driving into one can cause you to go from day to night plus sand really quick.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vQMuwRjI6s

Ok, no more vids, I promise. I just want people who aren't here yet to get an idea.
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Old 07-27-2014, 09:41 AM
 
Location: La Jolla, CA
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Crap. I'm out of town and missed it. As messy as they are, I love severe weather and the monsoon dishes out some of the best.
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Old 07-28-2014, 02:07 PM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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The worst part about dust storms (besides the burning eyes, grit in your mouth, etc)? They turn your car into a brown, nasty mess. Well, any rain here in the desert does that, though.
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Old 07-28-2014, 03:57 PM
 
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The worst part about dust storms (besides the burning eyes, grit in your mouth, etc)? They turn your car into a brown, nasty mess. Well, any rain here in the desert does that, though.
Yes, it does rain brown here!

I get plenty of warning about them via my smart phone. It's been beeping a lot the last couple of weeks
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Old 07-28-2014, 04:04 PM
 
Location: Denver, Colorado U.S.A.
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Anywhere from one to three times a year on average, according to I think the national weather service. I was just reading about it. That's the haboobs.
Well, at least it's a dry haboob!
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Old 07-28-2014, 04:04 PM
 
Location: Willo Historic District, Phoenix, AZ
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Yes, it does rain brown here!

I get plenty of warning about them via my smart phone. It's been beeping a lot the last couple of weeks
Yes, every time we get a new phone we have to figure out how to turn that "feature" off, along with Amber alerts.
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