Dust could make it to South Florida over the weekend.
Hurricane forecasters on Wednesday were tracking a cloud of dust, which originated in the Sahara Desert in Africa, as it crossed the Atlantic. It appears as the hazy are in the middle of the image. That dust is expected to continue westward and may make it to parts of Florida. The dust helps to keep tropical systems from developing as quickly. More dust can be seen on the right near the African coast.
It’s nothing that unusual for this time of year. Forecasters said the dust “would be pretty typical for late June or early July in our area, but the only impact aside from slightly hazy skies would be the drier air dampening daytime convection a bit.” Dust that originated in the Sahara Desert made it into the Gulf of Mexico on June 25, 2020. Sahara dust can make it to Alabama, but it doesn't happen all that often.
The National Hurricane Center was monitoring two tropical waves on Wednesday, but both had low chances of becoming tropical depressions or storms:
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