The Potential Big Boom In Every Dust Cloud - To the average person, walking into a flour- or sawmill and seeing dust swirling a... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/02/the-potential-big-boom-in-every-dust-cloud/ #dustextraction #dustexplosion #engineering #originalart #featured #interest #thermite #science #dust

Yet another dust storm over the southeast half of New Mexico, far west Texas, the Texas panhandle, Oklahoma panhandle, extending into Colorado and Kansas.

The dust is coming from prehistoric lake beds in northern Chihuahua, Mexico:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Palomas

"Presently its basin is a major source of airborne dust in the region."

With the severe drought conditions in this region, it takes far weaker winds to create these dust storms compared to previous decades. Visibility at my house is less than 1/2 mile.

Note that the dust is tan, but that the gypsum dust from White Sands is paler. A fire is burning in northeast Sonora, Mexico...the smoke plume is bluish. A fire develops in central New Mexico (Rio Grande valley, town of Socorro) at the end of the animation loop. https://app.watchduty.org/i/47153

It was a dynamic weather day in New Mexico.

This weather satellite loop shows us a variety of activity:

- overall west-to-east flow of dry air in the western half of New Mexico. This dry air is not very dusty, at least not initially.

- moist air over the eastern half, which tends to be hazier. This haziness is seen best near the end of the loop when the sun angle gets low.

- strong thunderstorms developing along the dry line

- outflows and gust fronts from the storms raising dust and pushing it east against the flow of the dry air

- strong breezes in northeast Sonora, Mexico boost fire activity. The bluish smoke plume becomes visible near the end of the loop. The strong breezes also pick up dust at the end of the loop...colored tan/brown

- the moist air can't push further west because the terrain gets higher.

This is a follow up to an earlier post/toot about the Dry Line weather system:
https://universeodon.com/@KrajciTom/114406001338553756

Dust storm in southern New Mexico. Not an April Fools joke.

Many highways closed due to zero visibility.

https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=subregional-Desert_SW-truecolor-48-0-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined

https://www.nmroads.com/default.html?

This awkward moment when it's sunny but the sky is white.

(your reminder to avoid spending time outside if you're in Japan today, and to wear a mask if you have to)

Last night's dust storm over New Mexico continued to rage through the night, and sunrise shows it has reached Louisiana, Arkansas, and other states to the north of them. (See screenshot - dust storm is highlighted with red dots.)

This is a follow up to yesterday's toot/post: https://universeodon.com/@KrajciTom/114187160615114653

Jeff Masters: EPA warning: do not go outside in the Central U.S. dust storm! Hazardous dust covers parts of KS, OK, CO, MO, WY, IL, TX, NM, NE. The AQI in St. Louis hit an unfathomable 5,791 from PM10 (dust); an AQI over 300 is “Hazardous”. The tops: Lamar, CO hit an AQI of 12,802. Consult airnow.gov.

The Friday, 14 March, dust storm started before sunrise in New Mexico and kept racing east through the Texas Panhandle, then farther north into Oklahoma and Kansas.

[Edit/add: many grass/wildfires being driven by the wind. Thousands of acres burned in a matter of a few hours. https://app.watchduty.org/i/43769 ]

Dust storm deja vu all over again!

Shortly before sunset, with a low sun angle...the extent of the dust storm is obvious.

Chaparral and Dexter, New Mexico make it to the BBC news!

https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/czrnykln1kno

Shortly before sunset, with a low sun angle...the extent of the dust storm is obvious.

Dust storm in NM expanding right now. 3/3/25 1:10pm MT #NMwx #duststorm #dust

Squishy Miter Saw Shroud Spares you the Sneezy Bits - Let’s be honest. When it comes to operating miter saws, these tools kick dust out ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/04/07/squishy-miter-saw-shroud-spares-you-the-sneezy-bits/ #dustcollector #toolhacks #mitersaw #chopsaw #dust

Could Moon Dust Help Reduce Global Temperatures? - The impacts of climate change continue to mount on human civilization, with warnin... - https://hackaday.com/2023/10/10/could-moon-dust-help-reduce-global-temperatures/ #geoengineering #currentevents #climatechange #originalart #greenhacks #lunardust #featured #moondust #science #themoon #albedo #dust #moon

I noticed a dust cloud peeking up beyond the nearby mountain earlier and was able to catch it rolling in as it got a bit closer.

#weather #NMWx #NewMexico #dust #haboob @newmexico

Workshop Dust Manifold Spreads The Suction Around - Let’s say you’re doing lots of woodwork now, and you’ve expanded your workshop wit... - https://hackaday.com/2023/07/26/workshop-dust-manifold-spreads-the-suction-around/ #dustextraction #dustextractor #woodworking #toolhacks #woodwork #sawdust #dust

My twitter inbox is an adventure today~. Have some older fanarts I still like a lot~.

Hackaday Links: January 15, 2023 - It looks like the Martian winter may have claimed another victim, with reports tha... - https://hackaday.com/2023/01/15/hackaday-links-january-15-2023/ #learningelectronics #hackadaycolumns #utopiaplanitia #hackadaylinks #cellphone #machining #microwave #reflector #booster #zhurong #radar #tycho #dish #dust #mars #gbt

Quelqu'un a mis fin à l'histoire d'Amour que j'avais initiée d'un cœur sur un écran poussiéreux par une approche dogmatique.
This is the end of the love story.

#lovestory #dust #theend

New #intro ! I am still new here and for the beginning I will mention some interests in no particular order:

#Science
#Cycling
#Climbing
#Nature
#Epidemiology
#RadiationResearch
#Dust
#Cancer
#Allergy
#IgE
#PlanetaryHealth
#ClimateChange
#Bias
#SocialInequality