Saharan Dust Cloud Arrives At The U.S. Gulf Coast, Bringing Haze The phenomenon happens every year – but the 2020 version is especially large and imposing, experts say.

This weather phenomenon is particularly extreme this year. Saharan dust plume maps let you track the cloudy phenomenon in real time A massive cloud of Saharan dust is heading our way. Enormous Cloud of Dust From Africa's Sahara Appears to Be Heading for U.S. Grand Canyon and Joshua Tree Are Being Showered With Microplastics; Sahara Dust …

The Saharan Air Layer is a well-mixed dry pocket of air that ususally resides between 5,000 and 15,000 feet above sea level.

A cloud of Saharan dust that rivals anything seen in the past fifty years has been racing across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa.

Since one of the key ingredients for tropical cyclone development is a deep feed of moisture, Saharan Dust often acts to inhibit tropical development. A vast area of dust that has blanketed much of the Atlantic and choked the Caribbean reached American shores. Another round of Saharan dust is forecast to move into the Gulf of Mexico later this week.

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How far could the huge cloud of dust extend into the U.S.? Dust storms from Africa’s Saharan Desert traveling across the Atlantic Ocean are nothing new, but the current dust storm has been quite expansive and NASA satellites have provided a …

Dust lofted into the air by a few dust storms across Africa has made the 5,000-mile journey across the Atlantic, the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, and now on Thursday into the United States.