Dust

Also called dusty, blowing dust, sand, dust icon

Forecast icon on a weather app or a public forecast table.

Dust meaning

Dust, as a forecast icon, means dust is expected in the air. WWIS lists dust, sand, duststorm, and sandstorm as different labels. The storm is the other page.

At a glance

System: Forecast icon
Used for: Expected dust
Not the same as: A dust storm, haze, or smoke

A forecast icon for dust in the air. Not haze, and not a dust storm at the station.

The name. WWIS lists dust, sand, duststorm, and sandstorm as separate labels. This page is the forecast for dust, not the storm wall.

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Where it comes from

The WWIS table includes sandstorm, duststorm, sand, and dust. They are not one row with four captions. A phone that draws a single brown swirl is compressing a table. Haze and smoke are other rows. The observation page for a dust storm or sandstorm is about what an observer records when the storm is there, not about this forecast label.

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Weather

What it means

Fine mineral dust is expected to be in the air, enough that the service named it. Visibility may fall. The icon does not say a wall of dust will arrive unless the label is duststorm or sandstorm. Those words are the dust-storm page.

Variants

Sand

WWIS lists sand apart from dust. A regional forecast may prefer sand. Keep the word it printed.

Questions

What does a dust icon mean?

Dust is expected. WWIS also lists sand, duststorm, and sandstorm, and those are not the same label.

Is a dust icon a sandstorm?

Only if the forecast says sandstorm or duststorm. A mild dust label is not a storm wall.

Often confusedDust stormDuststorm and sandstorm are WWIS labels of their own, and they are the observing page when the storm is present.

Often confusedHazeHaze is the dry veil. Dust is the forecast that names dust.

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Sources

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symbol.wiki, edited as Sigilla. Last reviewed 18 October 2026. A reading of public tradition, not a ruling.