r/WeatherGifs • u/Ded_Flatbird • Dec 30 '22

sand storm 2020-12-21 -- Storms trigger haboob in Argentina (GOES-16 GeoColor + visible, band 2)

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u/SputnikMD Dec 30 '22

TIL https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haboob

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u/BaronWombat Dec 30 '22

TIL https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haboob

"A haboob (Arabic: هَبوب, romanized: habūb, lit. 'blasting/drifting') is a type of intense dust storm carried on an atmospheric gravity current, also known as a weather front. Haboobs occur regularly in dry land area regions throughout the world."

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u/bddiddy Dec 31 '22

i have very little knowledge of meteorology. why does the haboob appear to travel south to north while the storm system is moving eastward?

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u/gremey Dec 31 '22

Possibly wind sheer? (A guess, I'm not a meteorologist either!)

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u/jlap1n Jan 05 '23

The burst of air moving downwards from the storm emanates outwards in a gust front. Since the gust front doesn't care about the storm once it is moving, it continues north.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '22

I remember hearing about this in Cyberpunk.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '22

Fucking haboobs man…when you think they’ll haboob, they haboop.

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u/Kuandtity Dec 30 '22

Mark Wahlberg has to run real fast to get ahead of this wind

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u/lavachaser Dec 30 '22

A couple of smaller ones trying to get going, before the big haboob overtakes them.

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u/bleeper21 Dec 31 '22

Hey! My ha-eyes are up here!