Be your own weatherman

Dust storms are what you look out for in Kuwait. The banner map was a very simple way for me to create my own weather map:

1. where are the dust clouds?
2. what is the wind direction?
3. when will Kuwait get one?

Being a pretty small country, a good dust storm can envelope it, like it did last March. I got caught out walking on the Corniche, when it came in so quickly that I took refuge in a nearby building for two hours until it blew over. The closest happened to be a Burger King on the waterfront... so no-one was in want of food, drink or facilities.  And this video is no science fiction but Kuwait City from a skyscraper rooftop...

 J

2015 Update:

See my video on mapping the Easter Haboob