Haboob

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.

Haboob(6) A dust or sandstorm that forms as cold downdrafts from a thunderstorm turbulently lift dust and sand into the air. Hail(6) ...

HABOOB - A dust storm kicked up by a thunderstorm gust front. Common in the southwest United States during the monsoon.

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.

H Designated letter for "HAZE" Haboob: A desert dust storm. Hail: Jagged or round ice chunks that fall from thunderstorms. When the hail is cut is half, it contains rings for each time it rose and fell in the storm and resembles and onion.

This complex had the appearance of a haboob, a dense sandstorm that occurs along the leading edge of outflow boundaries of desert thunderstorms in North Africa.

D1390 Dry wind Type of wind, often heated and dried by compression, having different names depending on the location where it occurs, for example: Bise, Bora, Chinook, Foehn, Ghibli, Haboob, Harmattan, Khamsin, Mistral, Shaimal, Simoon, Sukhovei, ...

the haboob). 2. Local or colloquial names given to frequently occurring or particularly noteworthy winds (sometimes because of the bad weather associated with them), usually from a certain direction.

While these are often shorter-lived than synoptically forced duststorms, they can be quite intense, with an impressive leading edge of the dusty gust front, sometimes called a dust wall. Compare haboob.

See also: Air, Light, Surface, Thunder, Dust