Sahara Dust Map Current 2024. Giant plumes of sahara desert dust that gust across the atlantic can suppress hurricane formation over the ocean and affect weather in north america. You can see that in the map above as an expansive mass of tan contours extending from africa over 1,000 miles westward into the atlantic ocean, as.
The suspended particles brought haze and poor air quality. From the late spring to early fall, the saharan air layer, a large plume of super dry and very dusty air that originates over the saharan desert in africa makes a trek more than.