Yellow sand has been observed over a wide area in Japan for 30 days, and the outlook is poor, especially in western Japan.
Yellow sand is expected to fly over a wide area from western Japan to northern Japan even on the 31st, and the Japan Meteorological Agency is calling attention.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, yellow sand has been observed over a wide area from western Japan to northern Japan for 30 days due to the influence of the westward wind from the continent.
The "visibility" of the range where objects can be clearly seen with the naked eye is
3 km in Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture and Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture
, 4 km in Fukuoka City, Oita City, and Kobe City, and 5 km in western Japan. There are places where the outlook is worse than the above.
It is expected that yellow sand will fly over a wide area from western Japan to northern Japan even on the 31st, and the "visibility" will be less than 5 km in some places.
The Japan Meteorological Agency says that if the visibility is less than 5 km, it may hinder traffic, and is calling for caution when driving a car or adhering yellow sand to laundry in poor visibility.