Saharan dust, specifically the Saharan Air Layer (SAL), can significantly impact hurricane paths by suppressing storm ...

FOX Weather Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross tackled hurricane season questions in a recent livestream, addressing Saharan ...

During its peak, Saharan dust can reach as far as Florida, Central America or even Texas. It can cover a huge amount of the Atlantic Ocean, sometimes as large as the contiguous United States, NOAA ...

"People who are specifically sensitive to the dust can have worsened allergies," said a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

We’re in the thick of Saharan dust storm season in South Florida, which is not all bad — these massive blobs of hot, dirty air roaming the Atlantic Ocean are also hurricane killers. Plus ...

African Easterly Jet: Strong winds in the Saharan Air Layer (25-55 mph or 10-25 meters per second) can substantially increase the vertical wind shear in and around the storm environment. This ...

HEADS UP! Saharan Dust for the first time this year is projected to move across parts of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico later this week into the weekend. Most of the dust is aloft at 5,000 ...

A layer of Saharan dust is moving in full-force on Thursday across South Florida. A strong high pressure system is pushing the Saharan dust across the Caribbean.

Saharan dust, in particular, reached peak public mindshare in 2020 when an historic Saharan dust storm made its way across the Atlantic while the COVID-19 pandemic already posed a serious threat.

The dust travels to South America and the Caribbean and sometimes, like this week, as far as Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and east Texas. Meteorologists have plenty of notice when one ...

A large plume of Saharan Dust — the first of the year — has arrived in Florida. This is usually good news for the tropics, but bad news for allergies and respiratory issues.