[Coral-List] African dust in the Caribbean/Florida Keys
Gene Shinn
eshinn at marine.usf.edu
Sat Jul 18 14:04:42 EDT 2009
African dust came through the Lower Florida Key,s for several days in
early July. On July 10, the sun did not break through all day at Key
West. On July 17 it returned with a vengeance and continues through
the 18th. We could smell it and the public health dept in Key west
had complaints re breathing. We also watched its progress on a
website that features 5-day loops showing trip across the Atlantic.
If interested you can watch the Saharan Air Layer at
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/real-time/wavetrak/movies/m8split/m8splitjava5.html
People in the Virgin Islands got a heavy dose. The dust and/or the
wind shear associated with the developing El Nino is likely to keep
the Atlantic cool and explain our record breaking lack of tropical
cyclones. Good news for coral reefs and us boaters. Gene
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