US EditionSaharan Dust Plume Heading for Florida: Here’s What to Know
- A plume of Saharan dust is heading toward Orlando, Florida, bringing hazy skies and reduced visibility as of late May 2025.
- This dust originates annually from the Sahara Desert and travels over 5,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean due to strong winds.
- The Saharan Air Layer carrying the dust is dry and creates strong upper-level winds, which can suppress tropical storm and hurricane formation.
- Dust particles cause hazy skies, vivid orange-pink sunsets, and lower air quality that can aggravate asthma and respiratory illnesses according to meteorologists.
- While the dust's effect may protect against hurricanes temporarily, vulnerable populations in Florida should limit outdoor exposure during this period.
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Saharan dust plume heading for Florida: Here's what to know
Video above: A large dust plume is heading for Florida (2024 report) TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) - A massive plume of dust is drifting across the Atlantic and heading for Florida. This has the benefit of causing gorgeous sunsets and tamping down tropical development, but it also carries health risks for some. NOAA predicts above average 2025 hurricane season: Here’s how many storms we could see On Tuesday, the National Weather Service in San Juan, …
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The HillSaharan dust plume heading for Florida: Here’s what to know
Video above: A large dust plume is heading for Florida (2024 report) TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) - A massive plume of dust is drifting across the Atlantic and heading for Florida. This has the benefit of causing gorgeous sunsets and tamping down tropical development, but it also carries health risks for some. NOAA predicts above average 2025 hurricane season: Here’s how many storms we could see On Tuesday, the National Weather Service in San Juan, …
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A 'big' Saharan dust plume may bring dramatic Louisiana sunsets. See timing, forecast.
A plume of Saharan dust large enough to blanket the entire Caribbean is expected to reach the Gulf Coast later this week, marking the start of a season that often brings dry, hazy air and epic sunsets.
Huge clouds of Saharan dust will move toward Florida and the Gulf
Saharan Dust Sunrise over Atlantic Ocean – Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by Rolando Otero Massive clouds of dust from Africa’s Sahara Desert are transported westward by wind during the Saharan dust season in the Atlantic, occasionally all the way to the United States. Now, where is the dust? A second swath of lighter dust was seen over the Caribbean on Wednesday morning, while satellite images showed thick dust stretching off the coast of Afric…
Saharan dust continues to sweep toward the Gulf coast
AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A plume of Saharan dust is expected to arrive to the United States in the coming days. You may notice haze in our atmosphere, with more vivid sunrises and sunsets. What is Saharan dust? Saharan dust is made up of particles of sand and other minerals from the Saharan Desert in Africa. Dust get swept into the atmosphere by strong winds aloft and can travel thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean, carried by trade winds. Sahar…
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