Did you notice the snow from this storm is a little off-color? If you made it out of your house today you might have noticed some of the snow has a brownish tint. We’re calling it “snirt” or snow dirt. It all started with a dust storm in New Mexico and Texas.
Don’t be surprised if you wake up to a fine coating of West Texas & New Mexico dirt on your car in the morning. A big dust storm / plume spread across the region on April 11, 2019:
Look what this dust storm did the other day across Midland, Texas
— Live Storm Chasers (@Livestormchaser) April 12, 2019
Permission By: Julio Reyes@WeatherBug
Date: April 10, 2019
Midland, Texas#TXwx pic.twitter.com/59G2x2r1N1
The high winds and dust caused lots of visibility issues for motorists traveling around the region on Wednesday afternoon.
Strong winds kicked up this dust storm in Lubbock, Texas Wednesday afternoon causing very low visibility. #TXwx #duststorm #blowingdust pic.twitter.com/9JH2JqmsTy
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) April 11, 2019
Wrecks in West #Texas caused by dust storm, 11 April 2019
— Windy (@windyforecast) April 12, 2019
? @AustinKellerman#duststorm #storm #stormhour #wind #dust #weather #stormchasers #severeweather #extremeweather #txwx pic.twitter.com/Rv9Nhr2iec
Yes, what an amazing haboob:
Check out the dust being swept into the dry slot. #BombCyclone2 pic.twitter.com/z6TOPaMJBr
— Keah Schuenemann (@keah88) April 11, 2019
But that power dust storm wasn’t only local. The following satellite loop from the University of Wisconsin shows how the new Winter Storm Westley took the airborne dust particles from Texas and New Mexico all the way to Minnesota:
.@NWSTwinCities Here's the #GOES16 Split Window (10.3-11.2 µm) from 0301-1546 UTC, showing the yellow signature of airborne dust making its way northward overnight: https://t.co/S3YcGr3K5O Should see reports of "dirty snow" from parts of #SDwx #IAwx #WIwx & even the UP of #MIwx pic.twitter.com/uEF6uB4TuC
— Scott Bachmeier (@CIMSS_Satellite) April 11, 2019
Results: a brownish, orangish snow all the way up to Minnesota:
What happens when a snow storm meets a dust storm? #Brownsnow is the result ??️ This was taken in Mankato, Minnesota after the snow there met dust that was blown in on strong winds from Texas. pic.twitter.com/LFVeb1bKPh
— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) April 12, 2019
See my previous retweet. The direct result of the New Mexico & Texas dust storm as this storm strengthened resulted in our dirty snow as seen here! Pretty neat. pic.twitter.com/BujplNmCUn
— Tony Dello (@WX_TD) April 11, 2019
Pretty amazing, no? A TX, NM dust storm makes dirty snow for MN during winter storm Wesley in April 2019. WOW!
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