Dust from the Sahara Desert is putting a pause on hurricane activity

[Zorro]

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season had one of the most active starts in history, with three named storms forming by June 1 for the first time ever. But the tropics have been quiet ever since.

You can thank dust from the Sahara Desert for that.

A massive dust storm that’s been moving west from central Africa is creating a pocket of dry air. That dry air is slowing down tropical activity as it passes through the Atlantic Ocean, and it could last for the next couple of weeks.

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Rick Davis, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Ruskin office, said the slow moving dust is “robbing the air of all its moisture.” Tropical storms and hurricanes rely on air that is both warm and moist in order to form.

https://www.tampabay.com/weather/2020/06/18/dust-from-the-sahara-desert-is-putting-a-pause-on-hurricane-activity/

[tblue37]

1. K&R. nt

[babylonsister]

2. Works for me! nt

[bluecollar2]

3. Good..

I hate to think what a clusterf*** we would be in if we had to add a a cat 3 or better hurricane to a pandemic.