MARCI weather report, December 12-18, 2016

Dust-lifting activity was rather uneventful for the past week on Mars. A couple of tiny local-scale dust storms were observed near the remaining portion of the seasonal south polar ice cap edge. Looking to the northern hemisphere, dust and water-ice clouds continued to propagate eastward at the margins of the north polar hood. Scattered afternoon water-ice clouds were spotted over several topographical highs including Tyrrhena… [More at link]