From Sahara to Scandinavia. We are in for another round of #dust and warmth widely across Europe.

The jet stream will buckle in an ideal fashion, optimising dust transport from the Sahara Desert to Scandinavia this weekend.

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A lot of dust has already pushed out of the Sahara into the western Atlantic. More to come though.
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18 Feb
Wow! The snowiest part of Scotland is under rapid melt right now after historic snow.

📍 Linn of Dee river, Braemar 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
🎥 @Alonso2012F

It really was very deep before the rapid melt set in.

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The most insane recovery you will see today...

From Turkey yesterday via 🎥 @Paskudalzabella
Not so well played in Austin Texas...

Via @jimrobinsonnews

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Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 from space today.

Images just in from @NASA and they are stunning!

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Orkney, Shetland and little Fair Isle, gorgeous.

Completely covered in snow.
The detail of the rugged Highlands and Islands is beautifully captured in the west.

Eastern areas are under a thick blanket of powder snow with further beefy showers moving in from the North Sea.
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6 Feb
Skiing in the sand... I mean snow.

Truly remarkable scenes emerging from parts of Europe as thick layer of Saharan dust blankets ski resorts today.

Via @Meteo_Pyrenees

Large scale weather latter was ideal for ripping dust out of North Africa and into Europe.

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6 Feb
Saharan dust blanets parts of Europe today.

Ski resorts are turning a remarkable brown. Extreme warmth reported in southern Europe while cold builds in the north.

#Sentinel3 🇪🇺 🛰 image acquired today by @defis_eu
This is how things looked in Andorra today.

Nearly 30°C in Palermo, Sicily today.

A fraction short of the February record.

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6 Feb
Dust from Sahara has turned Andorra into a martian landscape! #andorra

🎥 @montpackers

You can see how the jet stream meanders south into North Africa, ideal setup for transporting plumes of dust into Europe.

Very impressive.
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