Saharan Dust 2024 Florida. The deep layer of saharan dust is currently located over the central caribbean and is suppressing the chances for tropical storm formation in this area. Also called the saharan air layer (sal) by the national oceanic and atmospheric.
The saharan air layer, commonly referred to as saharan dust, results from ripples in the atmosphere that loft large amounts of sand and dust from the vast african desert into the air, according to. Observations from satellite imagery indicate that this dust layer ranges in altitude from 5,000 to 20,000 feet.
