Sahara Dust Storm Bahamas
Mask wearing as well as taking other precautions is recommended for those with allergies and respiratory illness as a plume of sahara dust is predicated to impact some parts of the bahamas this week.
Sahara dust storm bahamas. These clouds of dust make up one of the greatest annual migrations on. Saharan dust also called the saharan air layer sal is a fleeting visitor to the tropics that makes an appearance during the months of june and july before fading in early august. With a size and concentration that experts say hasn t been seen in half a century.
The dust enters the atlantic ocean near the cape. Each year on average a dizzying 182 million tons of dust departs from the western sahara enough to fill 689 290 semitrucks. Dust cloud arctic heat 07 50.
A vast cloud of sahara dust is blanketing the caribbean as it heads to the u s. This week continued its march westward friday and is expected to dissipate by the end of. Saharan dust helped build the bahamas minerals blown off the sahara fuel the microbes that undergird the bahaman ecosystem the bahamian andros island surrounded by the bright blue of great bahama.
Gulf coast in a thick dusty haze. Saharan dust tracks as far west as the caribbean sea florida and the gulf of mexico each year a 5 000 mile long journey. These plumes of saharan dust termed saharan air layer sal by meteorologists are whipped up by strong wind storms crossing the sahara desert.
The dust particles can contribute to hazy skies at times during the. The dust layer which originated in the sahara desert and drifted.
