"The Saharan Atmospheric Layer is a bit like Big Ben," said Jason Dunion, a research scientist with NOAA's Hurricane Research Center in Miami, who tracks the dust to study how it reduces the ability of hurricanes to form in the Atlantic. This week, it has trailed over Mexico and the Caribbean Islands.
The Saharan Dust is here, but what does that mean for your health? The broad swath of Saharan dust that is expected to arrive along Louisiana's coastline soon has prompted haze and health alerts in Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica and Puerto Rico.
Smell in the air being investigated by LDEQ; officials give update Thursday. A general haze enveloped New Orleans Friday morning, June 26, 2020, as a plume of Saharan dust arrived in south Louisiana. She was silenced, Mark Meadows: We're not going to control the pandemic, Asian Americans facing historic unemployment during pandemic, Her story shows the decline of local papers in just over a decade, Trump said he thinks GOP will win the House.
"The particles are charged and can carry pathogens into the lungs, like viruses, bacteria and fungi. For help accessing the WBRZ-TV Public File, contact: Jason White at, Dumpsters full of trash finally removed from neighboring apartment complex. Add in some desert dust and we have a perfect recipe for orange skies. Livingston Parish still in Phase 2 of reopening. The most intense dust should arrive just after midnight Saturday, and the haze should disappear for a brief period next Monday, with a new, less-intense wave of dust arriving the next day. Other questions:subscriberservices@theadvocate.com.
Find us on social media as WBRZ Weather on Facebook and Twitter for even more weather updates while you are on the go. Each year, the Saharan Air Layer forms over the Sahara Desert.
The Saharan Dust is here, but what does that mean for your health? The broad swath of Saharan dust that is expected to arrive along Louisiana's coastline soon has prompted haze and health alerts in Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica and Puerto Rico.
Smell in the air being investigated by LDEQ; officials give update Thursday. A general haze enveloped New Orleans Friday morning, June 26, 2020, as a plume of Saharan dust arrived in south Louisiana. She was silenced, Mark Meadows: We're not going to control the pandemic, Asian Americans facing historic unemployment during pandemic, Her story shows the decline of local papers in just over a decade, Trump said he thinks GOP will win the House.
"The particles are charged and can carry pathogens into the lungs, like viruses, bacteria and fungi. For help accessing the WBRZ-TV Public File, contact: Jason White at, Dumpsters full of trash finally removed from neighboring apartment complex. Add in some desert dust and we have a perfect recipe for orange skies. Livingston Parish still in Phase 2 of reopening. The most intense dust should arrive just after midnight Saturday, and the haze should disappear for a brief period next Monday, with a new, less-intense wave of dust arriving the next day. Other questions:subscriberservices@theadvocate.com.
Find us on social media as WBRZ Weather on Facebook and Twitter for even more weather updates while you are on the go. Each year, the Saharan Air Layer forms over the Sahara Desert.
Carribean. More showers possible Friday ahead of weak... More showers possible Friday ahead of weak cold front. The dust, which consists of tiny mineral rock sand particles from desert areas in Africa, is a frequent summer visitor to North America. Each year, hundreds of millions of tons of soil is lifted from the Sahara into the air, according to NASA from late spring to early fall. WWL-TV meteorologist explains that 'small shock wave', Saharan dust plume expected to arrive in Louisiana soon; warnings issued across Caribbean, Subtropical depression heads northeast through Atlantic by Nova Scotia, When is the brunt of the Saharan dust cloud forecast to reach Louisiana? That should allow all of the state to stay in the yellow, or moderate, range of the Air Quality Index on Saturday.
"We can definitely expect an uptick in asthma and allergy conditions, especially in children," said Dr. James Diaz, director of the environmental and occupational health sciences program at the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Saharan dust clouds keep tropical storms away. As dust particulates begin to move into our area next week, we could see a decrease in air quality. A slight haze can be seen over downtown Friday afternoon, June 26, 2020, as Saharan dust impacts the Baton Rouge area. Testing the only way to distinguish between cold and COVID, says BRG doctor, Tropical Storm Zeta takes aim at N. Gulf Coast. "The Saharan Atmospheric Layer is a bit like Big Ben," said Jason Dunion, a research scientist with NOAA's Hurricane Research Center in Miami, who tracks the dust to study how it reduces the ability of hurricanes to form in the Atlantic. This week, it has trailed over Mexico and the Caribbean Islands.
The Saharan Dust is here, but what does that mean for your health? The broad swath of Saharan dust that is expected to arrive along Louisiana's coastline soon has prompted haze and health alerts in Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica and Puerto Rico.
Smell in the air being investigated by LDEQ; officials give update Thursday. A general haze enveloped New Orleans Friday morning, June 26, 2020, as a plume of Saharan dust arrived in south Louisiana. She was silenced, Mark Meadows: We're not going to control the pandemic, Asian Americans facing historic unemployment during pandemic, Her story shows the decline of local papers in just over a decade, Trump said he thinks GOP will win the House.
"The particles are charged and can carry pathogens into the lungs, like viruses, bacteria and fungi. For help accessing the WBRZ-TV Public File, contact: Jason White at, Dumpsters full of trash finally removed from neighboring apartment complex. Add in some desert dust and we have a perfect recipe for orange skies. Livingston Parish still in Phase 2 of reopening. The most intense dust should arrive just after midnight Saturday, and the haze should disappear for a brief period next Monday, with a new, less-intense wave of dust arriving the next day. Other questions:subscriberservices@theadvocate.com.
Find us on social media as WBRZ Weather on Facebook and Twitter for even more weather updates while you are on the go. Each year, the Saharan Air Layer forms over the Sahara Desert.
The worst of the Saharan dust should be over soon, Photos: A hazy morning above New Orleans as Saharan dust clouds move across the region, New Orleans could feel like 105 degrees Monday afternoon: See full forecast. Another positive effect stems from the warm, dry air carrying the Saharan dust and the high-wind layer in which it is contained. The bacteria blooms die and sink to the bottom of the Gulf, where they decompose and release dissolved organic nitrogen. The worst of the dust should then be over a large part of the Florida Panhandle, bringing red, or unhealthy, conditions to to the Tallahassee region. And he warned that asthma is a risk factor for COVID-19, and that the increased risk from the dust might also include increases in cases of the Kawasaki-like inflammatory syndrome that COVID-19 has caused in a small number of children. One is limiting the development of tropical systems in the Atlantic due to the dry air surrounding the dust. The ideal time to see the dust layer will be in the morning around sunrise and in the evening around sunset when it is most pronounced, weather permitting. BATON ROUGE- CareSouth Medical and Dental is hosting a fresh fruit and vegetables drive-thru giveaway at its clinic in Baton Rouge on Friday, August 14 as... Mayor Broome kicks off first MOVEBR construction project. Shreveport, in the northwestern part of the state, started the day in the green part of the index, with no health issues, but had risen to 115, unhealthy for sensitive individuals, by 3 p.m. Beyond an evening of showers and thunderstorms, a... Brees' clutch precision lifts Saints past Panthers, 27-24.