A larger blanket of dust sweeping across the Atlantic and the Caribbean

Hazy skies and warmer temperatures are in the forecast for parts of the Caribbean, including Jamaica due to the current weather conditions across the region. This outbreak of dust is expected to reach the Western Caribbean and parts of the USA by as early as this Friday. This feature is generally known as the Saharan …

2020 could be among the warmest years on record

June 2020 ties as the warmest and one of the driest months on record. It’s been more than a decade since the planet has had a cooler-than-average June overall and 2020 was no exception. Although the general public’s attention is consumed by fear over the global pandemic and protests against social injustices, the chronic condition …

A surge of Saharan dust from the Sahara Desert has reached the Eastern Caribbean

This outbreak of dust is expected to reach the Western Caribbean and parts of Jamaica by early next week. Commonly known as the Saharan Air Layer (SAL), this dry dust generally forms during the late spring through early fall months and moves across the Tropical Atlantic Ocean over a three to five days cycle, according …

Experts are monitoring a massive cyclone off the east coast of the USA

Experts are monitoring a massive cyclone off the east coast of the USA. If this system becomes a subtropical storm, it would be the 3rd time in history that a tropical system forms in the Atlantic during April. A massive storm currently off the east coast of the USA continues to show signs of tropical …

The 2020 hurricane season predicted to be above normal

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season could be about 40% above the average season: As the world is currently battling with the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic but some countries across the Atlantic and the Caribbean could have to face another disaster in the next two months if predictions from leading weather forecaster are correct. Meteorologists …