Yellow sand has been observed in various places from western Japan to northern Japan, and the outlook is poor in some places.
Yellow sand is expected to fly over a wide area from western Japan to northern Japan even on the 9th, and the Japan Meteorological Agency is calling attention to driving a car in poor visibility.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, yellow sand has been observed over a wide area from western Japan to northern Japan 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
6 kilometers in Hakodate, Hokkaido
, and 9 kilometers in Matsue, Okayama, Akita, and Aomori by 10 am.
It has also been observed in Fukuoka, Takamatsu, Niigata, and Sapporo.
Yellow sand is expected to fly over a wide area from western Japan to northern Japan even on the 9th, and it is expected that 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.