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4. Ophelia's drawing warm dry air up out of the Sahara

Sat Oct 14, 2017, 10:56 AM

Oct 2017

Giving us one of those occasional blasts of >35ºC temperatures here in the Canary Islands, and Calima.

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UK set for 25C temperatures as a result of Hurricane Ophelia [View all] nitpicker Oct 2017 OP

It is very mild for October at present T_i_B Oct 2017 #1

Last December was certainly memorable for me Sen. Walter Sobchak Oct 2017 #2

As Trump Wants To Show That He's An Attentive Leader.... global1 Oct 2017 #3

Ophelia's drawing warm dry air up out of the Sahara Ghost Dog Oct 2017 #4

It's given us a weird looking red sun. T_i_B Oct 2017 #5

Some folks are also reporting a sweet smell of burning. Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #6

Some aircraft have been landing prematurely after smoke was smelled muriel_volestrangler Oct 2017 #8

About noon, the light here on the south coast was a weird yellow tinge muriel_volestrangler Oct 2017 #7

We had some weird light effects at various points during the day. Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #9

Very nice photos, thanks. Ghost Dog Oct 2017 #10