April 11 Fog Bank

I'd been hoping that Brian, or someone, would put my links into the Weather Brains page (I sent them the text everyweek, but it wasn't happening.


The Fog Bank for April 11, 2011.

The Great Derecho of April 4-5, 2011, by Brad Panovich @wxbrad
http://wxbrad.com/?p=855
A nice writeup of the straight-line wind storms that affected much of the east.
I'll include in the the Storm Prediction Center storm reports from April 5
http://www.spc.ncep.noaa.gov/climo/reports/110404_rpts.html

A cloud hole over Florida, from USA Today's website, reader submitted photos:
http://www.usatoday.com/community/photos/publicgalleryphoto.htm?plckPhotoID=df6c758a-5f82-436e-b24f-1bd0513a1ca1&plckGalleryID=bceb126e-8229-4386-9ab7-a6ac4eb18e12

April 5 twitter update by Jeff Gammons, @weatherzine
Squall line / gust front racing SE over Lake Okeechobee, FL  http://twitpic.com/4hbe8r
His website is http://stormvisuals.com

and from March 31,
Bow Echo severe storm with hail core earlier over Polk Co, FL. http://twitpic.com/4ff5r5

From the Daily Galaxy, a picture from the International Space Station of the Cordillera Huahash (whywash) in the Peruvian Andes.  Siula Grande is in there, the location of a very interesting book and movie called 'Touching The Void'  The picture shows the mountain range blocking moisture on one side.
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2011/04/iss-captures-the-spectucular-cordillera-huayhuash-in-the-peruvian-andes-.html

From the UK Met Office, a blogpost about the dust from a Saharan storm headed to the UK.  It contains a nice satellite photo of the dusty cloud.
https://metofficenews.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/saharan-dust-heads-for-the-uk/
NASA's Earth Observatory also had a nice picture of this event.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=50066