Saharan dust limits tropical development

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Jul 7, 2026
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Valerie Mills. We take a
basin and what continues
much of the atlantic is t
dust makes its way about
the west coast of Africa
are going to be watching
the next couple of days a
move through the caribbea
notice some of that Sahar
dust later this week acro
florida as well as portion
where we're already seein
likely to last even throu
more of those rounds of d
way across the atlantic.
is good news for limiting
It's about 50% drier than
air masses that are over
Speaking of the atlantic
waters, we're starting to
in the main development r
in the low eighties. We m
then into the western Car
the gulf of America that
those very warm water tem
upper eighties and even s
nineties. So we typically
off the southeast coast a
Caribbean for development
july. Here's a look at th
of july throughout the 21
overall, not really expec
waves that we would typic
to develop due to that Sa
air is overall going to k
here through the middle a
of july as well as we keep
pacific with some develop
off the southern coast of
meantime, next name in li
season is Bertha. We typi
to see our be named for s
