Observing yellow sand for the first time in nine years Kanazawa October 30 18:37
On the 30th, yellow sand was rarely observed in Tokai, Hokuriku, and other parts of western Japan, and it was the first time in autumn since 2010 in Kanazawa City.
The Kanazawa Local Meteorological Observatory announced that yellow sand was observed in Kanazawa at around 11:00 am on the 30th.
Yellow sand is a phenomenon in which fine sand rolled up in the desert area of the mainland of China is blown to Japan by a westerly wind. In Kanazawa City, the sky has become whitish from the morning.
Yellow sand is often observed in the spring, but it sometimes flies in the autumn too, and on the 30th there was a possibility that strong winds were blowing in the mainland of China and that the westerly wind was located more north than normal. It means that yellow sand was widely observed mainly in western Japan.
It was the first time in 9 years since 2010 that yellow sand was observed in Kanazawa.
According to the Kanazawa Regional Meteorological Observatory, the visibility of Kanazawa City at 5 pm is relatively thin as the concentration of yellow sand and more than 10 km, and it is expected to become even thinner in the future, but the outlook may worsen until around the morning of the 31st There is a call for attention to driving.