[glend (Glen)]

I saw a weather forecaster this evening talk about dust preceding the next change in NSW. Checking the Bureau website for Wednesday the 22nd, it advises:

Raised dust likely in the west, possibly thick. Possible smoke haze in the southeast.*

I believe it has already arrived in some areas. This evening I was set for some observing but it was evident that dust was hanging in the air above my location, and I could feel it in my nose and eyes. Very fine dust. I suspect the west, North westerly winds of today have blown it down the Hunter Valley, along with the coal dust it could pick up, and it was running like a river in the sky on the warm winds down to the ocean on the evening convection current. I didn't bother uncapping the scope, just brought it inside.