Massive Saharan dust clouds to approach Florida, Gulf

Accuweather via Yahoo ^ | 5/28/25 | Jesse Ferrell

[DallasBiff]

It's Saharan dust season in the Atlantic, when massive clouds of dust from Africa's Sahara Desert are carried westward by wind, sometimes reaching all the way to the United States.

[DallasBiff]

Not that bad, helps suppress tropical storm development and makes for beautiful sunsets.

If camels start falling out of the sky in Miami, that is a whole different issue. ;)

[napscoordinator]

Please stay until November.

[Jonty30]

I’ve read that the Sahara desert feeds the Amazon vital nutrients through sandstorm that blow across the ocean.

[Libloather]

[Dacula]

Saharan Air Layer Forecast | Caribbean View

https://www.myfoxhurricane.com/saharan_dust_car.html

[Arcadian Empire]

Name one.

[Jonty30]

https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/goddard/nasa-satellite-reveals-how-much-saharan-dust-feeds-amazons-plants/

[Carry_Okie]

One wonders how that dust cloud affects the propagation of the Monsoon off the Atlantic and into Africa. It would reflect a lot of heat back into space and thus possibly reduce its strength. Might comprise an interesting seasonal feedback so to speak.

[Sirius Lee]

Name one.

Sandra. She works at John I Haas.

[Karliner]

Ha ha and people said a virus can only make it six feet. These dust storms bring all sorts of cool stuff traveling thousands of miles and settle on the east coast of America.

[piasa]

Yes...Florida too. We need all the nutrients we can get in this sandy stuff.

[piasa]

Natural cloud seeding.

[SunkenCiv]

• Massive dust cloud from Sahara Desert drifting 5,000 miles over Atlantic towards the US; Brings Scorching Temps, Poor Air Quality for 5 States [07/08/2023]
• Ancient rivers reveal multiple Sahara Desert greenings [01/29/2021]
• Sahara Dust Storm To Cover Half Of The United States [06/22/2020]
• Another global warming catastrophe: the Sahara Desert is actually getting greener [06/03/2015]
• Ancient Africans used 'no fly zones' to bring herds south [03/12/2015]
• NASA video shows how dust from Sahara Desert fuels Amazon rain forest [02/28/2015]
• Lost Cities of the Sahara [12/26/2010]
• Stone Age humans crossed Sahara in the rain [11/12/2009]
• Wall 'could stop desert spread' [07/24/2009]
• The Green Sahara, A Desert In Bloom [10/03/2008]
• Sahara dried out slowly, not abruptly: study [05/08/2008]
• The African Source Of The Amazon's Fertilizer [11/18/2006]
• African Dust Storms Stifle Hurricanes, Study Suggests [10/10/2006]
• Hazy Cloud of Saharan Dust Nearing U.S. [07/23/2005]
• Sand Storm Headed For Florida Next Week [07/23/2005]
• Sahara Dust Cloud heads for Florida! [07/23/2005]
• Desertification, dust 'global threats' [06/17/2005]
• Photo of Morrocan duststorm blown over Canary Island [03/15/2003]
• African Ice Core Analysis Reveals Catastrophic Droughts, Shrinking Ice Fields, Civilization Shifts [10/18/2002]

[Thank You Rush]

Sahara dust storms - glaciers burying towns in Switzerland - what next?

[ridesthemiles]

I THOUGHT THE USA PREVAILING WINDS WERE WEST TO EAST

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Sand from Africa, smoke from Canada! DOOM! GLOOM! We all gonna die! Send tax money to stop it now!

[Professional Engineer]

Nothing new. Yearly seasonal thing.

[Palio di Siena]

So did I - but Hurricanes come from East to West

[Prospero]

Happens almost every year...

[9422WMR]

Doom despair and agony:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-IIKE9p5SEw