Thunderstorm in Sahara Desert NOW

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Thunderstorm in Sahara Desert NOW

#1 Postby GeneratorPower » Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:45 pm

Look at the beautiful convection over the Sahara Desert today, and the waves in Africa. Those little bright red dots are some powerful thunderstorms causing a very rare flood in the desert.

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#2 Postby Cryomaniac » Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:54 pm

Any chance of this developing when / if it exits Africa?
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#3 Postby hurricanetrack » Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:40 pm

So I guess this will help to keep the dust outbreaks down too. Everything seems to be coming together for an incredible peak season this year. The one factor not talked about much is the large area of warmer than normal water that has grown in the east Pacific. It is quite large now extending west from South America.

One more thought- wouldn't it be nice to photograph those storms over Africa? I bet they are spectacular.
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Re: Sahara storms

#4 Postby hurricanetrack » Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:41 pm

Do not know why this became its own thread. Sorry about that. Was tring to reply to Generatorpower's thread re: the storms over the Sahara! oops.
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Re: Thunderstorm in Sahara Desert NOW

#5 Postby cycloneye » Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:45 pm

Mark,I moved it into here.
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