Saharan dust: Orange skies and sandy snow in southern Europe

Re:Saharan dust: Orange skies and sandy snow in southern Europe by _ph_ on Saturday February 06, 2021 @05:00PM (#26050398)

I am living in Munich, Germany and noticed the yellow tint to the sky today around noon. It was quite a strange view.

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Re:Saharan dust: Orange skies and sandy snow in southern Europe by k__ on Saturday February 06, 2021 @05:20PM (#26050556)

Same here, living in Stuttgart.

Looked a bit like a Mexico filter.

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Re:Saharan dust: Orange skies and sandy snow in southern Europe by marc3842h on Saturday February 06, 2021 @09:52PM (#26052211)

Switzerland here, I agree. When I looked out the window after waking up it looked surreal and scary.

I tried taking a picture with my phone, but sadly it didn't turn out orange at all.

Not having noticed this phenom before, I was quite worried and sent out some panic filled voice messages. Thankfully a friend pointed me to SRF meteo where it was explained.

Judging by the top post of r/switzerland "Why is the sky orange" I wasn't the only one.

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Re:Saharan dust: Orange skies and sandy snow in southern Europe by somedude895 on Sunday February 07, 2021 @02:14AM (#26053305)

Didn't it just happen like a year ago? I looked outside and my mind immediately jumped to Saharan desert sand for some reason.

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Re:Saharan dust: Orange skies and sandy snow in southern Europe by chupasaurus on Sunday February 07, 2021 @01:03AM (#26053036)

Ufa, Southern Urals, Russia here. Guess what happened on the other end of that? An arctic breeze with snowstorm and a 20°C temperature drop over night.

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Re:Saharan dust: Orange skies and sandy snow in southern Europe by kharak on Saturday February 06, 2021 @06:40PM (#26051219)

Zurich here. I noticed something is off after waking up. The light seemed.. Dirty? Went online to check what was happening. Strongly dislike this weather phenomenon.

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