Misery! Calima strikes again!

This dust from the Sahara also arrived here in Lisbon today, not with such intensity but clearly visible in the cars parked on the streets. It is the third time this year, it seems that it is becoming a recurring phenomenon. In the past it happened once every ten, fifteen years...

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Yes,
Thank you, Paulo.
I moved to Madrid in 2010. I didn't recall, or even hear about, 'Calima' until a couple of years ago at most. Maybe because I was living in the centre of Madrid then and weather phenomena aren't so visible among the appartment blocks.
But, since moving to Algete and with amazing scenery from where I now live, I can attest to the fact that I've experienced at least 10 such incidents these past two years!

Super pour les voitures ;o)

Porquoi?
I would have thought that impaired visibility wouldn't be best advice for drivers!

J'habite aux portes de la Bretagne nous avons également ce sable quelques fois . Les voitures en sont recouvertes et nécessitent un bon lavage ;o)

You may be surprised to know that we got it occasionally in England too!

Il parfait que se sera de plus en plus fréquent !
C'est pas de chance !
Bonne soirée Andy

Well, yes I think you are right, Ramon!
Many thanks,
Best wishes,
Andy

Magnifique et excellente capture joliment partagée avec cette magnifique profondeur.
Bonne et agréable soirée.

Amazing, so hot, dry and dusty.

Superbe image de cette tempête de sable !
Bonne journée. Amitiés

Photo étrange (mais belle) Les couleurs de l'été avec un ciel d'hivers. Ici (Dordogne, Périgord; nous sommes sur le 45 eme parallèle) on prévoit une température à 40 degrés demain.Dur pour la terre et les végétaux, dur pour nos organismes.

Looks a little bit spooky !!

Very impressive meteorological phenomenon! A photo - unfortunately....- very interesting!

très très chaud et irrespirable ! belle prise***********************
belle journée au frais mon ami !

Ominous sky ,very impressive view !

have nice day Andy ,

Wow ! Looks scaring !

Here too and we had a 3 minutes storm, everything is filthy...

:(

Wow,das schaut ja richtig geheimnisvoll aus lieber Andy,toll hast du diese Stimmung festgehalten:))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Nachmittag,ganz liebe Grüße Güni :))

Well recorded but not good, particularly with an increase in frequency, Andy.

im Frühjahr hatten wir selbst bei uns, nördlich der Alpen sehr viel Saharastaub abbekommenm

Yikes!

A miserable weather phenomenon for those who experience it, but you have to admit it makes an interesting photo opportunity............as you have proved here Andy! A smashing shot..!!

jij woont ook wat dichterbij de sahara,,,want zo erg is het hier nooit--interessant andy

C'est bien de l'avoir immortalisé, espérons ne pas revoir cela de sitôt !

Now the heat is coming to us aswell...

Malik,
Gillian,
Madeleine,
Jean Paul,
Jaap,
Nouchet,
Valeriane,
Ron,
Ulrich,
Isabel,
Annemarie,
Güni,
George,
Reinhard,
Steve,
Keith,
Fred,
Jocelyne,
Udo,
Fine comments from you all! Thank you! I'll try and post something more cheerful next time!

A scene full of drama Andy, pity it is to spoil the day.

Best regards, Doug

Thank you, Doug. Still there for most of the day today but very strong gale force gusts started just now, will hopefully clear it away.

Last time it reached my car Andy. I had a light covering. It really is so miserable for you, especially in the heat! It does however make a superb picture. That's a tiny consolation!
Good evening and I hope tomorrow is better.

Thank you, Rosa. Well we've just had a mini but sharp thunderstorm, preceded by gale force winds for about half an hour. But I look up and the bloody dust cloud is still there! GRRR!

Oh you poor thing. That does look so ominous indeed and knowing the view you normally have of the valley to the mountains, which is now completely hidden by that huge cloud of dust. I would hate to have the windows open with that swirling around - think of all the dusting later!!! Otherwise you'd have to swelter it out with the windows shut!!! Decisions, decisions.

Well, one needs a complete mind change in this climate, Jenny!
In a normal hot summer, the windows and shutters are closed from mid morning to very late at night. They are only opened between about 1 or 2 am and 10 am. Otherwise the heat penetrates the house! When I first came here, that was counter-intuitive to me and I always got it wrong!! (Like in England I was forever opening the windows during the day to let in some fresh air! WRONG!!!! I soon learnt!)
And you are so right about the calima and the dusting!
The soil in Central Spain leads to very fine dust in the air anyway so dusting needs doing daily! With this calima business, dusting is needed almost every hour, food needs covering at all tmes, and so on and so forth!

Here too...

Yes - it's all over Iberia and also far into France! Even friends and family in England say they are expecting to have to wash their cars!
Thank you, José!

It's really not agreable!
Superb capture and image, Andy!

We all agree on that point, Judite!
Many thanks!

en effet très mauvais quand cela arrive et mauvais pour la respiration

Yes, and it's happening more and more frequently!
Thank you, Ann!

Un phénomène étonnant...

And yet one that is becomming more common! Thank you, Pierre!

Andy.. hier nous avions le même temps que le tien que tu viens de décrire,
sauf que nous n'avions pas de sable mais des rafales de vent chaud
et presque 40° à l'ombre, cette nuit la température n'est descendu que jusqu'à 29°
une horreur pour dormir pas moyen de descendre la température sous les 27° dans la maison..
Te souhaite malgré tout une bonne semaine
amitiés/roland

Yes, exactly what we had, Roland! Today, fortunately, it has finally gone (well 75% has gone, there is still a trace of the taste of it in the air and the hiorizon is not yet sharp). But the temperature last night was comfortable and the hot winds that you describe have changed to a refreshing cool breeze! I trust you get this cooler wind very soon!
The other issue is the sudden increase in forest fires, a month earlier than usual. Again, I hope you are spared those!
Best wishes,
Andy

I am guessing that the colours in your picture are true to life - it is very evocative! Sand storms are just a part of nature so these are nature's hues, but as you say the storms are getting more frequent.

Thank you John and many thanks to for your visit.
I am just pleased that the gloom, mirk and general filth has gone ... for now!

wow, it looks like african mood !

Thank you, Nora! And so it should as the filth in the air originated from there!

Heat and sandstorm; nice to look at, but definitely not good to endure.