Wind gusts in excess of 60mph early this evening along with very dry soil conditions led to this dust storm in the Lubbock, TX area. Lubbock has received just 1.67" of rain this fall season, which is 2" below normal. An even more staggering sign of how dry this area has been: Lubbock normally sees 16.74" of precipitation for the year by October 17th. Instead, they've seen just 3.16". That's about five times less rainfall than what is normally seen by this date!
The red dirt makes it look very eery.
ReplyDeleteIt seems as if there have been a lot of these dust storms this year!
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