Saharan dust has drifted across the Atlantic Ocean to Texas where it is creating stunning sunsets but also potentially harmful air quality.
The sun sets through a thin layer of Saharan Dust behind the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge as clouds from an approaching storm roll into downtown Dallas, Wednesday, July 14, 2021. Another batch of dust is traveling over the Caribbean and Cuba and may make its way to Texas this weekend.Saharan dust has made another trip across the Atlantic, and Texans are seeing the effects of it this week, weather officials say.
The Saharan air layer is a body of dry, dusty air that forms over the Sahara desert in the late spring, summer and early fall, according to thePrivacy Policy As of Monday morning, the dust is most concentrated in the Brownsville region, but much of the Texas coast is seeing an increase in the Saharan air layer, said Monte Oaks, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in New Braunfels. The NWS reported a “widespread haze” in Corpus Christi on Monday morning that was likely due to the dust. The day’s forecast changed from “haze” to “decreasing clouds” before 10:45 a.m., but the haze is still forecast for Monday night.
Weather officials at the NWS in Fort Worth, however, said there has not been much seen on the radar in terms of the dust. The bulk of the dust is expected to pass to the west of Dallas-Forth Worth, but there is still a chance the area might see some effects.“There is a fair amount that ... if it were to concentrate over the Dallas area, it might be more prominent tomorrow and then kind of waning again,” Oaks said. “So just just a one day where you might get some haze.”, Staff writer.
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