Did anyone else have a load of dust/sand/pollen on their cars this morning?
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OT Dust/Sand/Pollen on cars.
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I noticed it yesterday morning (Manchester)
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Saharan dust again, according to the press. Sounds unlikely to me but apparently true.
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Well to be fair I have not washed the van for 18 months. However I used the car this morning and that was cleaned on Monday. The car is not parked at mine and I first thought maybe there had been some local dust (eg still saw) but when I looked carefully all the cars on my street are covered in whatever it is.
A few years ago (probably 5 or 6 years ago) it was pollen.
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It is ... we had this a few years ago in London, had a slightly reddish tint. Not as bad as the unburned fuel the jets would dump just before landing at Heathrow.
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car this morning and that was cleaned on Monday. The
dust (eg still saw) but when I looked carefully all
As long as it's not from Fuck Her Sheema...
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Happens from time to time. Why do you feel it's unlikely?
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That apprentice is really lazy. ;-)
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Yesterday too here in Leicester, most noticeable when peering down the bonnet ...
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I am sure they are right about it. It's a long way from North Africa and we haven't had extreme winds as far as I know. Spose it's the jet stream?
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I recall it happening years ago and that's also what they said back then. There would need to have been a dust storm in the Sahara and if that kicks the dust up high enough then I imagine the jet stream could pick it up. I haven't looked into this specifically (as in google for dust storm etc etc) but we do have a high pressure at the moment so I think the JS is to the south at present.
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Don't know, but here's a satellite picture of it happening:
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even before you get as high as the jet streams, the winds in the lower atmosphere don't always bear much relationship to those we experience on the ground.
Nick
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What a great picture! Proof if ever there was any. The cloud ain't red though!
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In article , ARWadsworth writes
Scotlandshire had it too, today was the first visit to the car in a couple of days.
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