Sahara Dust Map Current 2024 Current

Sahara Dust Map Current 2024 Current. Massive plume of saharan dust keeps tropics in check for now. Winds pick up an estimated 100 million tons of dust from the sahara desert each year, and a sizable portion of it blows out over the north atlantic ocean.

Noaa estimates that more than 180 million tons of dust leave the african continent every year,. One reason for the calmer tropics is a massive push of dusty air westward across the atlantic basin from africa’s.