The Grand Strand might see odd skylines as a dust plume travels across the Atlantic all the way from Africa spreads across the southeast today. As with most Saharan dust clouds, most of the dust will disperse south of the Palmetto State.
“It’ll be on the fringes of it. I’m not sure it’s going to be all that noticeable,” said AccuWeather senior meteorologist Tom Bacon. “What it might do is maybe make the sunrises and sunsets maybe a little bit redder than what it typically would be.”
This plume is the biggest of the year so far, and it’s earlier than most. The phenomenon happens annually, but typically Saharan dust travels across the tropical Atlantic in mid to late June…