Aย haboobย (Arabic:ย ููุจูุจโ,ย romanized:ย habลซb,ย lit.โ’blasting/drifting’) is a type of intenseย dust stormย carried on an atmosphericย gravity current, also known as aย weather front. Haboobs occur regularly inย dry land areaย regions throughout the world.
Like haboobs that occur in the Middle East, haboob occurrences in North America are often created by the collapse of a thunderstorm. This is a local orย mesoscaleย event, and at times of extreme drought they can originate in agricultural regions.
โSome of the most famous dust storms of the Dust Bowl and similar conditions later were in fact synoptic scale events typically generated by a strong cold frontal passage, with 14 April 1935, 9โ11 May 1934, 19 February 1954, and 11 November 1911 being particularly vivid examples.โ
The arid and semiarid regions ofย North Americaโin fact, any dry regionโmay experience haboobs. In North America, the most common terms for these events are eitherย dust stormย or sandstorm. In the U.S., they frequently occur in the deserts ofย Arizona, including around the cities ofย Yumaย andย Phoenix;[5][6]ย inย New Mexico, includingย Albuquerque; in easternย California, and inย Texas.[7]ย They also sometimes occur in theย Columbia Basin, ofย Eastern Washington, almost always leading to an impact with the city ofย Spokane. If the storms are strong enough, they can reach as far east asย Post Fallsย andย Moscow, inย North Idaho. (wikipedia)
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