duststorm"(Or dust storm; also called duster, black blizzard.) An unusual, frequently severe weather condition characterized by strong winds and dust-filled air over an extensive area.
duststorm: when strong winds blow over a dusty area, blowing the dust into the air and reducing visibility significantly.
DUSTSTORM A severe weather condition characterized by strong winds and dust-filled air over a large area. Visibility is reduced to between 5/8ths and 5/16ths statute mile. It is reported as "DS" in an observation and on the METAR.
HABOOB Sudanese name for duststorm or sandstorm with strong winds that carry small particles of dirt or sand into the air, particularly severe in areas of drought.
Through the action of widespread and vigorous duststorms over places such as the Sahara, huge quantities of very fine desert sand can be carried to high enough levels (around 12000 ft/4000 m), ...
Haboob A strong wind and sandstorm (or duststorm) in the northern and central Sudan, especially around Khartum, where the average number is about 24 per year. The name come from the Arabic word, "habb", meaning wind.
The Calima is caused by a duststorm that is stirred up by high winds in the Sahara and is then driven over the Canary Islands by south easterly winds.
BLACK BLIZZARD A local term for a violent duststorm on the south-central Great Plains that darkens the sky and casts a pall over the land. Related term: black roller ...
Severe icing
Severe or extreme turbulence
Duststorms and sandstorms lowering visibilities to less that three (3) miles.
Volcanic Ash ...
the lower west coast on the 9th and 10th, flattening trees, lifting roofs in Perth, and causing considerable damage in Bunbury and Busselton. A little rain fell in the Perth-Bunbury area, but none fell inland, where hot dry gales and thick duststorms ...
Notable special cases are blizzards, ice storms, sandstorms, and duststorms. 3) To a hydrologist, "storm" alludes primarily to the space- and time-distribution of rainfall over a given region. See local storm, severe storm. 2. See magnetic storm 3.
 See also: Air, Storm, Weather, Cloud, Surface
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