Agencies | LAra’s PRESS – This weekend of June 27 and 28, a second layer of dust from the Sahara arrives in Venezuela, as reported by the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Inameh, today Friday the 26th, “the advance of a new layer of Saharan dust towards the Caribbean, including the northeast of Venezuela, is observed.”
They relied on a satellite image “true color and infrared multispectral”. It can also be seen the current tropical waves and the intertropical convergence zone, which is what causes the current rains.
The way the dust layer of the Sahara It can be confused with calima, although with a slight yellowish tone. It’s about a dust mineral that crosses the Atlantic and approaches Caribe. It is perceived with slight irritations in the throat, nose and eyes although in sensitive people the discomfort could be greater.
It can cause dry cough, sore throat, itching, watery eyes, sneezing, and a runny nose.
It is a frequent phenomenon, although rarely is the cloud as dense and large as the one that affected Venezuela and other Caribbean countries last weekend.
Specifically on Venezuela, they explained that “slight to moderate concentrations of particulate matter” could be observed, they warned, relying on satellite images where the great sand-colored spot is seen.
The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) also detected this layer of traveling dust. According to your records satelliteThis cloud was first detected on June 7.
Source: The Stimulus
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