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Ed Dunham
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Re: SAL Outbreak
Thu Jul 08 2010 11:21 PM

Look at the bottom of the image where it says Saharan Air Layer Tracking Product. Great easterly winds (surface and aloft) sweep vast quantities of dust-filled dry air off the west coast of equatorial Africa. This air layer chokes off any convective activity and suppresses the development of tropical waves in the eastern Atlantic. At times, an outbreak can be so significant that African dust makes it westward all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
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SAL Outbreak	Ed Dunham	Thu Jul 08 2010 11:21 PM
Re: SAL Outbreak	Ed Dunham	Thu Jul 15 2010 11:23 PM
Re: SAL Outbreak	danielw	Fri Jul 16 2010 02:41 AM
Re: SAL Outbreak	GlenJohnson	Thu Jul 08 2010 10:55 PM
Re: SAL Outbreak	Ed Dunham	Thu Jul 08 2010 11:21 PM
Re: SAL Outbreak	GlenJohnson	Thu Jul 08 2010 11:40 PM
Re: SAL Outbreak	Troy C	Sun Jul 11 2010 03:53 PM
Re: SAL Outbreak	Jasonch	Mon Jul 12 2010 10:03 AM
Re: SAL Outbreak	Storm Hunter	Mon Jul 12 2010 09:18 PM

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