Saharan dust lingers over Florida
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The dust mass, which forms in the Sahara Desert in northern Africa and blows thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean, is forecast to arrive in Florida this week.
South Florida is now onto Day 4 of the Saharan dust filling our skies ever since it arrived Wednesday. With the dust still overhead,
It’s been a dusty start to the 2025 hurricane season with the biggest Saharan dust outbreak of the year reaching the sands of South Florida this week from the soils of West Africa over 4,000 miles away.
A large plume of Saharan dust will blanket the Gulf Coast after traveling across the Atlantic Friday, local meteorologists say, and Louisiana should expect to see hazy skies and picturesque sunrises and sunsets over the next few days.
A recurring atmospheric phenomenon that doesn't always reach North America is expected to dust SC skies this week.
Saharan dust arrives Friday in Houston and may set the scene for a dazzling, Instagram-worthy sunset after a seasonably warm afternoon. Hazy skies linger through at least the first half of the weekend as Mother Nature turns up her thermostat.
After much anticipation, the Saharan dust plume that first hit Florida is set to cross over Texas this weekend. Forecasters from the National Weather Service’s Fort Worth office said the strong storms earlier this week kept any dust in the first wave from making its way farther north.
It’s dust plume season in the US, when massive clouds of dust from the Sahara Desert make their way across the Atlantic Ocean. Here’s what to know.