Saharan dust has caused hazy skies in the Southeast, lowering air quality and irritating allergies — but it also made for some very vivid sunrises and sunsets.
Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.The plume is easy to track on satellite imagery where viewers can animate its journey to see the historic concentration of dust as a giant brown mass traversing the 5,000 miles.As of Friday morning, dust was covering"the Sunshine State," making it look more like"the Hazy State.""Saharan dust is definitely in place over Florida.
"This drier air could also allow temperatures to soar higher than they usually do during the day, the Weather Prediction Center warned. Temperatures in Florida could reach record highs Friday and Saturday.This Saharan dust plume is historic"The ongoing Saharan dust outbreak across the tropical Atlantic is by far the most extreme of the MODIS satellite record -- our most detailed, continuous record of global dust back to 2002," tweeted Atmospheric Scientist Michael Lowry.
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