Snow tinted with an orange beige color on the heights of the Pyrenees.
This is the unusual photo relayed this Sunday on its Twitter account by the association Météo Pyrénées website.
As forecasters had announced, a wave of dust from the Sahara blew over France and deposited sand residues on the massifs in the southwest of France, in particular near the Pic du Midi.
1 degrees at 2800m, showers and Saharan sand which remains there this morning 📷 @picdumidi #sablesaharien #pyrenees pic.twitter.com/NwAPRp7srl
- Pyrénées Weather (@Meteo_Pyrenees) April 25, 2021
The showers that have fallen in recent hours over the Pyrenees have allowed the reddish particles to be pressed to the ground, lifted by the winds on the African continent and transported to Europe by high altitude flows.
Already last February, beige-orange snow covered the Pyrenean ski areas.
The fallout from Saharan particles, which began this Sunday, should continue for a few more days.
"According to the latest models, the dust will only affect the southern half of the country and the sand rains mainly the south-eastern quarter," said this Sunday, on his Twitter account the meteorologist, Guillaume Séchet.
Tuesday will be the most prone to the phenomenon.
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