The trade winds -- westward moving winds in the upper atmosphere -- are picking up dust from the Sahara Desert in northern Africa, lofting it over the Atlantic Ocean and filling the skies from Florida to East Texas.
While the dust may not be noticeable during the day, its presence in the atmosphere is creating some spectacular sunsets by scattering the evening rays of light. Dust from the Sahara Desert concentrates Tuesday over the Gulf of Mexico and Southeast US.Since the start of summer, social media feeds have been filled with vibrant red-orange images from the Gulf Coast states.
— NOAA Satellites June 19, 2019 For now, if you live in the Southeast US, enjoy the evening color over the next few days. Showers and thunderstorms will fizzle the dust out of the sky by the end of the week.
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