A massive plume of Saharan Dust moving over the Atlantic Ocean from Africa is forecast to arrive across the Southeast on Thursday and Friday. Dust is expected to linger into the weekend before dispersing. FOX Weather Meteorologists Stephen Morgan and Marissa Torres talk about how the dust can suppress tropical development.
, roughly the size of the continental U.S., is barreling across the Atlantic and expected to smother parts of the Sunshine State in a rusty haze this week. The gritty gift from North Africa has already blanketed the Caribbean — and now it’s Florida ’s turn to breathe it in.
“It’s the biggest one we’ve had so far this season,” Jason Dunion, a meteorologist who monitors hurricanes and Saharan dust, told the New York Times in anA monster cloud of Saharan dust the size of the U.S. is stampeding across the Atlantic — and Florida’s about to get hit with a face full of rusty haze.I moved in with my man after one-night stand — now we have 11 children, spend thousands on weekly grocery runsBy the time the 5,000-mile trans-Atlantic traveler reaches the Gulf Coast — from Florida to Texas — it’ll lose some of its bite, but residents can still expect surreal sepia-toned skies, muggy heat and a spike in allergy attacks.Between mid-June and late July, massive waves of superheated air over the Sahara launch particles sky-high, where winds from the African Easterly Jet blast them westward.The gritty gift from North Africa has smothered the Caribbean — now Florida’s next in line to choke on the dusty takeover.“It’s like rinse and repeat every year, it’s part of a normal cycle of Earth’s oscillations,” Sammy Hadi, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Miami, told The Times. Although this isn’t anything for people to fret about, the Saharan Air Layer weakens air quality, which will make going outside especially difficult for those with asthma or breathing issues.August 22, 2021 And while Saharan dust may coat your car like it’s been parked in a construction zone, it will make for“There’s a lot of dry air, and you don’t feel that dry air, but the clouds feel it because as they grow and form thunderstorms, they run into that dry air and they just collapse,” Dunion dished to The Times. “They get stifled.”Two waves of airborne grime are duking it out over the Southeast — caught between Sahara dust and wildfire smoke, locals are stuck in a gritty showdown.That’s good news for hurricane-watchers but not great news for everyone else, because typically the rain helps wash away all the sand and dust. So, without it — all of it just lingers in the air.Panicked teen plunges to her death after unbuckling harness while parasailingPatrick Dempsey shares rare picture of twin sons in honor of their high school graduationPet hair beware: The all-new BISSELL FurFinder vacuum *really* sucksA monster cloud of Saharan dust the size of the U.S. is stampeding across the Atlantic -- and Florida's about to get hit with a face full of rusty haze.The gritty gift from North Africa has smothered the Caribbean — now Florida’s next in line to choke on the dusty takeover.Two waves of airborne grime are duking it out over the Southeast — caught between Sahara dust and wildfire smoke, locals are stuck in a gritty showdown.
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