Meteorological overview and verification of HYSPLIT and AAQFS dust forecasts for the duststorm

On 22 October 2002, a frontal system entered South Australia (SA), and over the next 36 hours associated strong winds raised dust over a wide region of eastern Australia, from central SA, extending eastwards and northeastwards through SA, New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland (Qld) (see Figs 1 and 2 for locations referred to in the text). Forty-six Bureau of Meteorology synoptic observing stations reported dust during 22-23 October. McTainsh et al. (2005) state that, based on satellite imagery, the dust cloud Aust. Met. Mag. 55 (2006) 35-46