“It’s been moving across the Atlantic for the past several days, and it’s expected to be in the area around Friday or Saturday,” said Sammy Hadi, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Miami. “It acts to prevent widespread showers and thunderstorms. You could still have showers and thunderstorms, but the coverage would be much less if you didn’t have Saharan dust.”

Source: The North Africa Journal June 15, 2021 11:06 UTC