MARCI weather report: March 2-8, 2015

Over the past week on Mars, short-lived local dust storms were spotted over Amazonis, Deuteronilus, Utopia, and the Phlegra Montes. By mid-week, a transient dust storm was observed along the Acidalia storm track over Xanthe. Such storm activity is a precursor to larger regional cross-equatorial storms that will develop along the Acidalia storm track in the coming weeks… [More at link, including video]