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With the Saharan dust forecast to become even more widespread across the Atlantic hurricane basin into this week, and with disruptive winds blowing over the ocean, it is unlikely another tropical ...
Tropical activity in the Atlantic basin — which consists of the northern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico — continues to be quiet, thanks in part to wind shear and Saharan dust ...
The largest plume of Saharan dust this hurricane season is traversing the Atlantic, but so far 95-L and another area in the western Caribbean Sea — 94-L — are shrugging off its dry air.
The Saharan air layer (SAL) is an extremely hot, dry, and sometimes dust-laden layer of the atmosphere that often overlies the cooler, more humid surface air of the Atlantic Ocean. It carries upwards of 60 million tons of dust annually over the ocean and the Americas. [ 1 ]
Saharan dust (also African dust, yellow dust, yellow sand, yellow wind or Sahara dust storms) is an aeolian mineral dust from the Sahara, the largest hot desert in the world. The desert spans just over 9 million square kilometers, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea , from the Mediterranean Sea to the Niger River valley and the Sudan region ...
The tropical Atlantic is defying the large plume of Saharan dust wafting across the basin with the National Hurricane Center watching two areas for potential development over the next seven days ...
Sahara dust is frequently emitted into the Mediterranean atmosphere and transported by the winds sometimes as far north as central Europe and Great Britain. [9] Saharan dust storms have increased approximately 10-fold during the half-century since the 1950s, causing topsoil loss in Niger, Chad, northern Nigeria, and Burkina Faso. [10]
Saharan dust, high wind shear and other factors are expected to keep the tropics quiet for the days ahead. The Hurricane Center is monitoring three tropical waves. The peak of hurricane season ...