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  2. Air quality alert issued for ‘blowing dust and sand’ in SLO ...

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    On that day, air quality levels on the Nipomo Mesa moved into unhealthy levels at 145 PM10 as compared to 30 in San Luis Obispo or 18 in Atascadero. David Middlecamp/dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com

  3. Pollution in California - Wikipedia

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    A view of Los Angeles covered in smog. Pollution in California relates to the degree of pollution in the air, water, and land of the U.S. state of California.Pollution is defined as the addition of any substance (solid, liquid, or gas) or any form of energy (such as heat, sound, or radioactivity) to the environment at a faster rate than it can be dispersed, diluted, decomposed, recycled, or ...

  4. Thanksgiving weather update: Will it snow? Foul forecast ...

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    In the West, heavy rain and snow chances increase on Tuesday as "another atmospheric river event arrives" across parts of central California, the National Weather Service said in a Sunday forecast ...

  5. Great Bakersfield Dust Storm of 1977 - Wikipedia

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    The high winds were also caused by a series of events. Over the Great Basin, which is located in Nevada and Idaho, the air was very cold and heavy (high pressure). A very strong low pressure system was approaching the northwest coast of California. A mercury reading of 0.10 inHg (3.4 hPa)of pressure gradient force (difference of pressure ...

  6. Pacific Northwest reeling from bomb cyclone; atmospheric ...

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    A bomb cyclone pounding Northern California and the Pacific Northwest with ... ∎ More than 550 flights into and out of San Francisco International Airport had been canceled or delayed by 4 p.m ...

  7. Brownout (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    The pilot tried to land and hit a sand berm. The six aircraft occupants evacuated without serious injury. [30] February 13, 2003, near Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait — U.S. Air Force, 20th Special Operations Squadron, MH-53M (s/n 10930) — helicopter was badly damaged when crew misjudged a night landing in brownout conditions. Some minor ...

  8. Arctic blast to blanket much of US with below-freezing ...

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    Millions of Americans should prepare for an Arctic blast that will blanket much of the country in below-freezing temperatures over the next several days. Frigid conditions are expected over a ...

  9. Aeolian landform - Wikipedia

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    Sand blowing off a crest in the Kelso Dunes of the Mojave Desert, California. Aeolian landforms are formed when wind moves sediment (see aeolian processes). Sediment particles move when they are lifted by upwards Bernoulli forces that exceed their downwards weight or when they are dragged from their initial position. Depending on the balance of ...