Tag Archives: MSSS

This week we observed the fallout from last week’s breakout of regional storms across much of the planet. Early in the week there was still some dust-lifting in Hellas, Noachis, and Argyre, but activity in those areas largely diminished by … Continue reading →

This past week extensive dust-lifting in numerous areas of the planet contributed to expansive regional scale storms and dust mobilization. Early in the week several storms formed along the Acidalia storm-track, crossing the equator and moving into central Noachis… [More … Continue reading →

This week Mars experienced an uptick in regional storm activity, with widespread dust-lifting observed in both hemispheres. Storms travelled down the Acidalia storm-track throughout the week, passing through Chryse into eastern Valles Marineris, and contributing dust-haze past the equator into … Continue reading →

Storm activity continued in earnest this week, with regional scale storms in the northern hemisphere and smaller local storms in the southern hemisphere. In the north, storm activity along the Acidalia storm track picked up, with storms travelling north to … Continue reading →

Regional dust storm activity occurred in Deuteronilus, Utopia, and Arcadia, with offshoots observed south into Elysium. The Acidalia storm-track was also active, with many storm events occurring from central Acidalia south into Chryse…. [More at link, including video]

The north polar hood condensate clouds continued to dominate mid-to-high northern latitudes this past week. Water-ice clouds and large-scale dust storms, associated with eastward traveling fronts, were observed along the edge of the polar hood from Acidalia to Utopia and … Continue reading →

Regional storm activity picked up in the northern hemisphere, with large storms occurring from Utopia to Arcadia and arcuate-shaped storms following the Acidalia storm track into Chryse. Even in the caldera of Olympus Mons caldera, a small spiral-type, “Lee” dust … Continue reading →

Seasonal water ice cloud cover over the northern polar region, also referred to as the polar hood, was developing this week, co-occuring with areas of dust-lifting in Acidalia and Utopia. Dust storms were also observed in Amazonis… [More at link, … Continue reading →

This week dust-lifting occurred locally in the northern hemisphere, with storms observed in Deuteronilus, Utopia, Amazonis, and Acidalia, and western Chryse. Very diffuse water ice clouds and haze were present along much of the northern mid to high latitudes…. [More … Continue reading →

Regional scale dust-lifting continued in the northern plains this week with storms over northern Acidalia, Deuteronilus, and northern Utopia. Local dust storms were observed in Noachis in the southern hemisphere.… [More at link, including video]