The Sahara arrives in the Caribbean: an enormous plume of desert dust extends to the American coasts
A great atmospheric phenomenon is taking place that leads the desert sand of the Sahara to cross the ocean until it reaches the Caribbean and the eastern coasts of the USA. This could cause both air pollution problems, cloudy skies and "red moons".
According to AccuWeather, a huge plume of dust called the Saharan Air Layer (SAL) could reach the US Gulf Coast states this weekend.
Weather models show SAL crossing the Atlantic. The expectation is that this huge plume of dust will spread across the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico by the end of this week, reaching the Gulf coast of the United States by Saturday. Desert sand usually reaches the Americas in early summer, but this year, as in 2020, the feather looks particularly strong.
"A large amount of dust was evident on satellite photos since the beginning of this week and it was starting to enter the Caribbean." "It is possible, but not certain, that this dust will reach the Gulf and south-central United States later this week or this weekend," said AccuWeather senior meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.
This is the transatlantic SAL of the year and could bring hazy skies and strong colors to sunrises and sunsets for parts of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.
While on Sunday NASA's dust prediction model shows some dust in the skies over the western Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Texas, the Copernicus satellite model says the dust will dissipate before it reaches the United States, except South Florida, ”AccuWeather explained.
The first Saharan dust plume of the season rolling off Africa will reach the US by this weekend
Meteorologist @StephenMorganTV explains what it means.
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If the SAL reaches the United States this weekend, it could also pose health risks, such as increased air pollution and health problems for people with breathing difficulties.
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