The historic Saharan dust plume is darkening skies in the Caribbean and will soon stretch into the US – CNN

CNN Weather.

The preliminary dust break out was driven by a couple of various smaller sized storm systems over west and central Africa.

Astronaut Doug Hurly tweeted on Sunday.

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Over the weekend,

Saharan dust moved into the Caribbean. By Monday, it had changed the tropical blue skies into a hazy brown-gray color.

On Tuesday, this sundown enhancing, blue sky limiting, tropical danger minimizing dust plume continues its 5,000-mile journey towards the United States.

However before it does, it is leaving these pristine islands with a couple of more days with one the most significant dust events seen in the Caribbean.

CNN Weather.

The initial dust break out was driven by a few different smaller storm systems over west and main Africa.

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= “This dust forecast shows the predicted conditions projection Thursday.

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