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7 July 2011
It’s Called A Haboob
In case you have not seen the great haboob that hit Phoenix Tuesday night. It was caused by strong winds (over 55 knots) flowing out of thunderstorms . The video is pretty incredible. Scott Lindstrom has a great post showing the view from GOES of the Arizona storms as well with a nice MCV as a result. What’s an MCV? Read Scott’s post! Physicist Joe Romm has an interesting post …