Saharan dust plume to blanket Florida, Gulf Coast with hazy skies into the weekend

The Sunshine State whitethorn not person specified wide skies this play arsenic a plume of Saharan Dust travels much than 5,000 miles done the Caribbean and Atlantic to present hazy, dusty skies crossed the Gulf Coast. 

The Saharan Air Layer is simply a wide of precise dry, dusty aerial that forms implicit the African godforsaken and is lofted precocious into the ambiance by beardown winds. While its adust aerial typically suppresses tropical tempest development, it besides heavy impacts Florida and portions of the Gulf Coast states, the FOX Forecast Center said.

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The particulate arrives conscionable successful clip for the weekend, wherever it volition ore implicit Florida by Saturday. 

The FOX Forecast Center said particulate volition beryllium noticeable successful the air. 

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Video from Dania Beach, Florida connected Wednesday greeting shows a somewhat hazy sunrise arsenic the particulate creeps person to the Southeast. 

By Sunday, the highest particulate attraction volition grow crossed the full Gulf of America, bringing particulate to portions of South Texas connected Monday.

A outer representation of the plume of Saharan particulate moving disconnected the seashore of Africa done the Atlantic connected July 8, 2026.

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The particulate is forecast to stay astir the Gulf Coast and Florida done astir of adjacent week. 

Beyond the vibrant sunsets and milky skies, the particulate could enactment arsenic a thermal blanket, allowing temperatures to soar, the FOX Forecast Center said.

The U.S. Virgin Islands successful the Caribbean volition besides beryllium affected by the dust, with the Department of Health informing residents of the utmost temperatures and the dust. 

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The FOX Forecast Center warned that heavy particulate whitethorn besides interaction air quality, perchance affecting those delicate to aerial prime changes. 

FOX Weather volition proceed to bring you the latest forecasts and accusation arsenic the particulate gets closer.