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The Weather Scene: Huge Dust Devil Up-Close

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Welcome to The Weather Scene segment! Each week here on Geek Alabama, The Weather Scene will feature weather related content. Editor / publisher Nathan Young loves weather related content. And this segment will feature something about the weather every week.

Up-close video of a huge dust devil in a field along WA Hwy 21 in central Adams County, Washington, on September 6th. The dust devil was extremely close (within 50-100 feet at times) and quite large. It likely had winds over 40 mph, and was powerful enough to suck in tumbleweeds and loft them into the air. Adams County, Washington, specifically fields around Ritzville, are a prime region for dust devils to form throughout the summer, due to dryland farming, hot temperatures, days with light winds, and a high lapse rate (rate that temperature falls with altitude).

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