SPC Issues MD for Haboob

David Draun · 06-06-2006, 07:32 PM

This looked interesting, and it's the first time I've ever seen the word "Haboob" in a technical weather discussion.

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md1088.html

Bob Schafer · 06-06-2006, 08:25 PM

Haboob=Storm with lots of mammatus, right?

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Terry Kollmeyer · 06-06-2006, 09:33 PM

Haboob is technically a dust storm caused by t-storm winds. Although, I can't help chuckling like Beavis repeating the word "Haboob" :P

David Wolfson · 06-06-2006, 11:52 PM

The haboob passed through Phoenix in the 6-7 p.m. hour (MST). Very impressive dust cloud due to the very dry soil carried by rather unexceptional winds of 30kts or so.

Andrew Khan · 06-07-2006, 11:06 AM

Can it always be caused by thunderstorm winds, or are there acceptions? One thing, that has always baffled me is, how is the dust cloud, able to maintain structure, momentum, and terminal velocity for so long, without a continous wind force being applied on it?

Susan Strom · 06-07-2006, 11:12 AM

Look at the big sandstorm on:

http://www.azcentral.com/

Can't beat those shots from the traffic helicopter. Actually, haboob is really common here (Phoenix).

-Susan (zzzz tired...chased lightning all over the place lastnight...long hours, goodnight LOL)

David Wolfson · 06-07-2006, 11:16 AM

Last night's haboob seemed to owe its staying power to the same basic mechanism that drives derechos. There's a 30-40kt mid-level wind that appeared to be pinned to the surface by the storms' downdrafts.

06-06-2006, 07:32 PM	#1
David Draun Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Northern IL University Posts: 1,133 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	This looked interesting, and it's the first time I've ever seen the word "Haboob" in a technical weather discussion. http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md1088.html __________________ Hoping to return to the storm chase arena in 2011 See avatar for only storm chased this year. Tornado warned bomb in Iroquois County, IL 6/21/10

06-06-2006, 09:33 PM	#3
Terry Kollmeyer Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ottawa, Il. Posts: 43 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Haboob is technically a dust storm caused by t-storm winds. Although, I can't help chuckling like Beavis repeating the word "Haboob" :P __________________ Two wrongs don't make a right...but two lefts do make a U-turn!

06-07-2006, 11:06 AM	#5
Andrew Khan Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Fall Branch, TN Posts: 845 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Can it always be caused by thunderstorm winds, or are there acceptions? One thing, that has always baffled me is, how is the dust cloud, able to maintain structure, momentum, and terminal velocity for so long, without a continous wind force being applied on it? __________________ "Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

06-07-2006, 11:12 AM	#6
Susan Strom Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Scottsdale, AZ USA Posts: 1,084 Thanks: 14 Thanked 27 Times in 10 Posts	Look at the big sandstorm on: http://www.azcentral.com/ Can't beat those shots from the traffic helicopter. Actually, haboob is really common here (Phoenix). -Susan (zzzz tired...chased lightning all over the place lastnight...long hours, goodnight LOL) __________________ Susan Strom, Lightning Photographer, Arizona Desert USA http://www.lightninglady.com http://www.phoenixmag.com/lifestyle/...r-susan-strom/

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06-06-2006, 08:25 PM	#2
Bob Schafer Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Southeast CO Posts: 900 Thanks: 4 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts	Haboob=Storm with lots of mammatus, right? :blink: <_< [/joke alert] <mods: feel free to delete>

06-06-2006, 11:52 PM	#4
David Wolfson Stormtrack supporter Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,893 Thanks: 1 Thanked 10 Times in 8 Posts	The haboob passed through Phoenix in the 6-7 p.m. hour (MST). Very impressive dust cloud due to the very dry soil carried by rather unexceptional winds of 30kts or so.

06-07-2006, 11:16 AM	#7
David Wolfson Stormtrack supporter Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,893 Thanks: 1 Thanked 10 Times in 8 Posts	Last night's haboob seemed to owe its staying power to the same basic mechanism that drives derechos. There's a 30-40kt mid-level wind that appeared to be pinned to the surface by the storms' downdrafts.