The Saharan dust is back!

It’s that time of year again when we are tracking hazy skies and the culprit is none other than Saharan dust.

Texas skies are hazy, and it's not just the usual clouds.

It’s that time of year again when we are tracking hazy skies and the culprit is none other than Saharan dust.

It’s that time of year again when we are tracking hazy skies and the culprit is none other than Saharan dust.

It’s that time of year again when we are tracking hazy skies and the culprit is none other than Saharan dust.

A cold front moved through Southeast Texas Monday, bringing gusty wind from the west that is full of West Texas dust.

Haze blankets the Houston skyline on March 23, 2021, as dust from a West Texas storm moves through the region. HOUSTON – A dry west wind is pushing in behind the cold front that blasted through the Houston area on Tuesday morning, and that air has been blowing in from the deserts of West Texas. dust storm) that blasted through West Texas on Monday behind the cold front. The leftover dust from a storm in West Texas has brought the dust here to Houston! As we were awaiting the cold front early Tuesday morning, areas of West Texas saw a significant dust storm, which in meteorology, it’s called a haboob.

HOUSTON – For the past few days, drivers in the Houston area have been using their windshield washer fluid a bit more than usual because their vehicles have been covered in a thin layer of dust. It turns out, that dust is the result of strong winds stirring up a dust storm north of Texas, which moved across the state during the weekend. There is some lingering suspended dust particles across the area that has also entered into the Gulf of Mexico from a dust storm that moved across the Texas panhandle yesterday. #txwx pic.twitter.com/uS6wXJzQBd — NWS Austin/San Antonio (@NWSSanAntonio) January 16, 2021Overnight tonight, satellite imagery is able to detect a dust plume from a dust storm that occurred across Texas today due to strong winds. That is when upper-level winds carry dust from the North Africa desert across the globe and deposit in the Western Hemisphere.

HOUSTON – It’s that time of year when dust from the Sahara Desert in North Africa makes its way across the Atlantic Ocean and is deposited in the Western Hemisphere. When dust is in the air, the skies look milky during the day and sunsets generally look redder than usual. Here is what the dust looked like across the Houston sky:"Ted Bergeron A dusty sunset over Hermann Park" Credit: tbergeron (KPRC 2)"The saharan sunrise from Cinco Ranch" Credit: M&M (KPRC 2)"Saharan sunset - willow fork park, Cinco Ranch." Credit: M&M (KPRC 2)"Pink sunsets on Lake Houston!" Credit: digitalknightproductions (KPRC 2)"The start of the Saharan dust sunsets" Credit: ksalling (KPRC 2)"Saharan dust sunset over Clear Lake!"

Take advantage of the morning and later evening as afternoon temperatures in the 90s will feel like the triple digits. Another batch of Saharan dust is lower air quality. Anyone that struggled with the dust this past weekend should prepare for a repeat for the rest of the week. DustAn area of mid-level high pressure will be moving from the Gulf to almost directly over the Houston region this week. Rain chances return as the high moves farther to the west and allowing showers chances to return in time for the July 4.