The timing couldn't be much worse, considering that a recent Harvard study shows that long-term exposure to fine particles of pollution in the air, much like dust, may be linked to higher rates of hospitalization and death due to COVID-19.
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Someter Reporte del Tiempo Dust from the Sahara Desert that has been pouring off the western coast of Africa and into the Atlantic has effectively put the Atlantic hurricane season on pause, with the exception of short-lived Tropical Storm Dolly, which formed on Tuesday, June 23, in the North Atlantic. Marine Weather But the jury is still out on that. Positive or negative, what this dust cloud episode teaches us, once again, is that everything on Earth is interconnected. The dust is largely impacting the Gulf Coast, but could push northward into the airspace above a few other states farther inland. Just this past week, the dust floated across the Caribbean into the southern Gulf of Mexico, and now forecasters say it'll move inland over parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast through Saturday. Graphical AccuWeather and Plume Labs have a partnership that allows users to monitor the realtime air quality in a given location from the AccuWeather website or mobile app. The dust layer, which originated in the Sahara desert and drifted across the Atlantic, is forecast to continue moving north and east through the weekend, impacting areas from Texas and Florida all the way up to as far north as the Canadian border. A storm system forming in Canada over the weekend will move southeast into Maine early this week and bring a wind flow out of Canada and not up from the tropics," Kottlowski said.
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However, it will still bring a "considerable" amount of dust to the Gulf of Mexico early this week which will result in hazy conditions and milky-looking skies. 2020 elections expected to cost record $11B, analysis says. Beach Forecast PR Senate panel approves subpoenas for CEOs of Twitter, Facebook, Google. The phenomenon happens …
So, if you’re in a location that will be having a dust up, this may be yet another reason to stay at home as much as you can. Dust is often pushed off the African coast during the early stages of Atlantic hurricane season, but the vastness of this episode has raised eyebrows. US Dept of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service San Juan, PR 4000 Carretera 190 Carolina, PR 00979 787-253-4586 Dusty skies were also observed in Panama City Beach on Friday morning, according to video posted on social media, and dust appeared to be hanging low in the skies over the Houston skyline, a photo posted on social media by Sergio Chapa showed. ", "This is much different from ozone action days, but not quite like a forest fire," Chapa said.
The robust plume of dust, which satellite imagery showed had reached into U.S. airspace by Friday, has been felt by many across the Caribbean, where it left behind a thin coating on the ground in some areas. Just this past week, the dust floated across the Caribbean into the southern Gulf of Mexico, and now forecasters say it'll hover over the Southern states through Sunday.
Request Climate Data, Additional Info People watch the sunset while a cloud of Sahara dust hangs in the air in Havana on Wednesday, June 24, 2020.
Local Radars Floods On June 23, @NOAA's #GOESEast viewed the #SaharanAirLayer (or #SAL) over Cuba, while a storm erupted through its dusty haze.
These moms understand 'you do whatever gets you through it. By Friday morning, the air quality in Galveston, Texas, where AccuWeather's Bill Waddell is stationed, had plunged from "excellent" on Thursday evening to "unhealthy.". Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Gilead Sciences will resume control of the distribution of remdesivir as a COVID-19 treatment to U.S. hospitals, the Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday. One part of the dust cloud will be pulled northward from Texas through the Plains States and Midwest this weekend, and even to the Canadian border on Monday morning. Get the latest breaking news delivered straight to your inbox.
He added that the forecast does not call for high concentrations of dust to play a role in the overall weather pattern across the northeastern U.S. Now, dust has both negative and positive impacts. Tsumani, Archives Are they affecting South Florida’s weather? Thunderstorms Photo courtesy of NOAA, House passes $2.2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package. ", "This is much different from ozone action days, but not quite like a forest fire," Chapa said. @StormHour @spann @JimCantore pic.twitter.com/wNRoZLLmQm, Brown Haze can be seen in the Sky over Corpus Christi this morning indicating the Saharan Dust has arrived. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa). Nationwide, Current Weather Some dust could "barely" reach into southern Virginia, Kottlowski said. NWS Dust watch day 2. Abbott limits counties to one absentee ballot drop-off location. The massive dust cloud from the Sahara desert that’s currently affecting parts of the U.S. is expected to leave the country this weekend. The dust is forecast to be primarily concentrated over Gulf Coast states, but some could expand farther north into Oklahoma, Arkansas and eastward into Tennessee, Kottlowski said.
This would theoretically create more dust.
On June 18, satellites began to detect thick plumes of Saharan dust passing over Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, … Jeff Berardelli is CBS News Meteorologist and Climate Specialist. "A quick glance out the window, it's easy to confuse it for fog," Chapa, a 44-year-old Houston resident told AccuWeather, adding that the haze looked like fog but with, "a slight brown tint.