sandstorm"A strong wind carrying sand through the air. The diameter of most of the particles ranges from 0.08 to 1 mm. In contrast to a duststorm, the sand particles are mostly confined to the lowest 3.
SANDSTORM
A strong wind carrying sand particles through the air. They are low level occurences, usually only ten feet in height to not more than fifty feet above the surface.
Sandstorm (SS): Particles of sand carried aloft by strong wind. The sand particles are mostly confined to the lowest ten feet, and rarely rise more than fifty feet above the ground.
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Particles of sand carried aloft by strong wind. The sand particles are mostly confined to the lowest ten feet, and rarely rise more than fifty feet above the ground.
Sandstorm - A strong wind which carries sand through the air. Usually occurs in desert regions, often among sand dunes.
A dust or sandstorm that forms as cold downdrafts from a thunderstorm turbulently lift dust and sand into the air.
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Dustbusting This word may have several meanings, but for agricultural researchers it refers specifically to management techniques designed to mitigate wind erosion, especially of the type that produces dust and sandstorms.
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.
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.
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.
Haboob A dust or sandstorm caused by the downdraft of a desert thunderstorm.
Severe icing,
Severe or extreme turbulence,
Duststorms and sandstorms lowering visibilities to less that three (3) miles, and/or
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The same can happen in a sandstorm in and near desert areas, or with forest fires. Heavy rain (such as from a thunderstorm) not only causes low visibility, but the inability to brake quickly due to hydroplaning.
Embedded thunderstorms
Large areas of thunderstorms
Large hail
Tropical cyclone
Severe icing
Severe or extreme turbulence
Duststorms and sandstorms lowering visibilities to less that three (3) miles.
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Simpson, former director of the National Hurricane Center. A hurricane intensity scale based on the Hurricanes central Pressure: Wind Speed: and the damage the storm has or may cause.
Sandstorm: Particles of sand carried aloft by the wind.
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: Storm, Weather, Air, Surface, Thunderstorm
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