r/LasCruces • u/Antique_Basil_4641 • 2h ago
Question about Wind Warning/Blowing Dust Advisory
I'm visiting and was planning to leave to drive back to Austin on I-10 at like 6am tomorrow. So pretty much everything to Van Horn is under the Wind Warning until noon and the blowing dust advisory is until 9am I think.
I have zero experience with dust storms or the impacts of driving during wind advisories/blowing dust advisories in the desert.
My question is 1 - how likely is it that this means driving would be dangerous from a visibility standpoint and, second, do people usually drive long distances during wind like this in the desert? I'm slightly more worried about the effects to my air filters/engine from driving in it for 4 hours than I am of anything else...but like I said, I'm totally dumb to this lol.
Any advice would be appreciated.