Texas Is Now Being Blanketed By Massive Saharan Dust Cloud

Killeen, Texas is already a great area to watch sunsets because you have several elevated points of view that allow you to look out for miles across the Texas sky. However, tonight and for the next several nights in Killeen and across Central Texas, those sunsets and also sunrises will be much more vibrant and those are only a couple of the benefits of our unique weather pattern happening right now.

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Pretty much every Texan already knows how our weather is primarily dictated by the jet stream, and there is a very large high pressure system that will be moving east soon, and we can probably expect triple digit highs to come with it at some point. However, right now, the trade winds are blowing west off the coast of Africa, and traveling along the tropics towards the gulf, and Saharan dust has hitched its annual ride to our part of the world.

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Some of the bad that comes with extra dust in our air obviously included breathing issues, especially for those that are vulnerable with lung issues like my asthma. Eye and skin irritations are also possible, and the dust particles can cause explosive algae growth and contribute to red tides in the gulf.

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According to this KVUE article, with the extra thickening agent in the air, sunlight penetration decreases and the humidity levels also go down significantly. So, while Africa might be experiencing a monsoon, it is very unlikely for a hurricane or other severe weather to form while Saharan dust blankets our area.