OPEN POST: Haboob

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This is a haboob. This Arabic term for a blowing or blasting caught on over the years to describe these sorts of dust storms with a strong boundary between the ambient air and the denser air blowing in from a thunderstorm or surface dryline or cold front. The term is originally from Khartoum, Sudan, which is well known for these types of storms.

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