Sahara sand storms..possible less future Hurricanes?

[AA3JY]

With the Sahara sand storms reaching across the Atlantic..possibly new hurricane predictions maybe less..

https://www.popularmechanics.com/sci...oss-the-ocean/

[Cheechako]

When we were in Trinidad many years ago our boat would get red dust all over it sometimes. Amazing how far that stuff will reach from Africa!

[capn_billl]

Dust can choke a developing storm.

I just kicked off of a Weather forum for mentioning this.

Also it looks like a possible La Nina is developing which also skews the storm patterns.

Hurricanes follow a 22 year cycle that follows the sunspot cycle.

2005 was the last peak so we are coming up on another peak.

The next 7 years are going to be noisy, then a gradual decline, just like after 2005 until now.

[a64pilot]

I believe what little soil the Bahamas has, is attributed to Sahara dust, and it may be that the Bahamas as an island group wouldn’t exist except for Saharan dust.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0724182933.htm