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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 ...
A comparison of the cone used for Hurricane Ian in 2022 and what the cone would look like once the National Hurricane Center implements changes to the cone of concern around Aug. 15, 2024.
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 ...
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 ...
A dust cloud that drifted across the Atlantic Ocean from the Sahara Desert hit the southeastern part of the U.S., with Florida expected to be most affected on Sunday. The dust pollution will ...