Intense Cyclone Causes Massive Dust Advection Over Mediterranean
Just north of Libya on the afternoon of 17 March 2026, a large cyclone can be seen forcing a significant amount of dust from the Sahara to the Mediterranean. This true-color view from EUMETSAT’s Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Flexible Combined Imager (FCI) depicts this situation beautifully. Since MTG-FCI has three visible channels, it is able to produce true color products with fewer assumptions than the GOES-R series of satellites has to rely upon in order to produce similar-looking imagery. This image is from 1230 UTC and is provided courtesy of EUMETSAT’s Eumetview.
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