Massive Saharan dust cloud to sweep across US in days

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A huge cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert is set to engulf southeastern regions of the US in the coming days after travelling across the Atlantic, forecasters have said.

The Saharan air layer has carried sand and dust thousands of miles across the ocean, moving through the Caribbean and into parts of Florida.

Meteorologists say the Atlantic drift will create an environment hostile to the development of hurricanes, injecting dry air into the atmosphere and leading to high temperatures.

Miami-Dade county issued a warning over harmful particles potentially affecting air quality across the region to remain in effect until 3pm Eastern Time on Tuesday. It covers inland areas of Miami-Dade county, including Miami, Florida City and Hialeah.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/massive-saharan-dust-cloud-to-sweep-across-us-in-days/ar-AA26lYNX

Maybe it will hit Mierda A Lardo

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. According to local news, this Saharan Dust Storm will hit Houston on Monday and Tuesday

I have COPD and will be staying inside those days

[dickthegrouch]

2. How, if most weather patterns progress from West to East

Does a dust cloud (by definition: tiny particles) manage to move from Africa to Floriduh by hitting the East coast of the US first?
Is the dust somehow staying in place and the rotation of the earth brings the east coast into contact with it first?
Neither seems to make much sense to me.

[yardwork]

4. From the article at the link:

Saharan dust is formed when strong winds whip up dirt high into the sky over North Africa. The direction of the winds in the upper part of the atmosphere direct the matter and can carry it thousands of miles away, as far away as Britain to the north or the United States to the west.

[Blues Heron]

5. Comes across on the easterly trade winds, then circulates north over the southern us

Same route sailboats take from Europe to the Caribbean

[TheProle]

6. Trade winds

https://www.ksat.com/weather/2020/06/29/questions-about-saharan-dust/

[wnylib]

7. Atlantic hurricanes usually begin as tropical storms off of the west coast

of Africa and move from east to west before reaching the Caribbean and southeastern US.

[ananda]

3. Oh god, I just read it's coming here to central Texas.

Grrrrrr