A Nice Saturday Morning Haboob

[USStrongman]

Welcome to West Texas. A roughly 10-12k' haboob was kicked up this morning in Lubbock. Winds have been 25-25mph with 60+mph gusts. Haven't had one here in a few years.

This is the backside of it as it heads E/SE.

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[Forte]

Put that snorkel prefilter to work!

Used to get a few Haboobs a year out here but it seems like the monsoons have been absent for the last few years in AZ...

 

[Ubiety]

haboob

Never heard that word before. Ya learn something new every day.

 

[Autism Family Travels]

Welcome to West Texas. A roughly 10-12k' haboob was kicked up this morning in Lubbock. Winds have been 25-25mph with 60+mph gusts. Haven't had one here in a few years.

This is the backside of it as it heads E/SE.

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Since there are only stock saharas driving around here in that color, I was never a fan. But the AEV'ed version looks awesome.

 

[El-Dracho]

Never experienced a haboob in an urban environment. Looks somehow interesting. Thanks for sharing those pictures!

Good you have a prefilter attached to the snorkel!

 

[Murphy Slaw]

Had one come through the East Mesa/Apache Jct. (Az.) area when I was a young man camping in the desert with some friends. We were on a hill and it blew our fire off the hill.

It was dark, but totally crazy.

 

[USStrongman]

I lived in Phoenix in the mid 2000's and experienced them there. They roll out from the east across the valley west. Awesome to watch them pick up dirt, roll upwards, then you get massive friction behind it which fuels lightning, big wind, moisture and wicked thunderstorms. Yesterday was just all dirt.

Great video on how they form and roll across.

 

[Boostpowered]

What direction is it blowing? Wondering if I should expect some dust east of dfw. Once sometimes twice a year we get those saharan dust stoms blow up through the gulf from Africa.