Saharan Dust to cover DR throughout next week

[Dolores]

Weather forecaster Jean Suriel says that the cloud of Saharan Dust that is covering the country is the largest so far this 2023. It will be over the Caribbean area through 26 July 2023. Saharan Dust is bad news for those who suffer from allergies. On the other hand, it brings fertilizers for soils and keeps bad storms away. The bad news is that skies will have an opaque appearance.

For Thursday, the Weather Office (Onamet) says there will be scarce rainfall. Yet, small boats are warned there will be wind and abnormal waves on both the Caribbean and Atlantic coasts.

For Greater Santo Domingo, maximum temperatures between 33°C and 34°C are forecast, with the lows between 23°C and 25°C in the early mornings. The hot weather is attributed to climate change, but also to the intense urban development, that has planted concrete instead of trees along city streets, and high rises where...

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[chico bill]

Yes I can see it looking out my window over the bay - Looks like downtown LA on a smoggy day.
The Sahara should be running out of sand by now.

 

[NALs]

That will certainly help with the heat.

 

[flyinroom]

Saharan dust.
Smoke from wildfires.
Heat domes installed around the planet.
Ocean temps hotter than ever.
Ice in the Arctic and Antarctica melting.
Violent thunderstorms.
Tornadoes.
Volcanos.
Well,
I don't know but things are getting pretty uncomfortable just about everywhere.
And expected to get worse.
Is the climate changing?
La question qui tue.

 

[Gadfly]

Yes it is

 

[bob saunders]

Saharan dust.
Smoke from wildfires.
Heat domes installed around the planet.
Ocean temps hotter than ever.
Ice in the Arctic and Antarctica melting.
Violent thunderstorms.
Tornadoes.
Volcanos.
Well,
I don't know but things are getting pretty uncomfortable just about everywhere.
And expected to get worse.
Is the climate changing?
La question qui tue.

Saharan dust has always existed
Wild fires in the past covered millions of sq miles , there just wasn't a large population of humans being affected.
Heat Domes are not unusual
We have a very short record of ocean temperature measurements
We used to have palm trees and tropical plants in Alaska
Always have had violent thunderstorms and Tornadoes.
There is no evidence of an increase in Volcanoes or earthquakes.
Climate may be changing but it isn't human induced.

 

[chico bill]

Saharan dust has always existed
Wild fires in the past covered millions of sq miles , there just wasn't a large population of humans being affected.
Heat Domes are not unusual
We have a very short record of ocean temperature measurements
We used to have palm trees and tropical plants in Alaska
Always have had violent thunderstorms and Tornadoes.
There is no evidence of an increase in Volcanoes or earthquakes.
Climate may be changing but it isn't human induced.

Volcanoes release large amounts of CO2 that scientists say contribute to 'global warming' but ash clouds from a super volcano eruption can lead to significant global cooling as was evidenced in the fairly recent past with the Tambora eruption in Indonesia that lowered the earth's temperature 3 degrees Celsius.
Academia can't quite make up their minds on if volcanos will destroy us or save us.

 

[La Profe_1]

Please stay on topic!

 

[PJT]

The following address of University of Athens will provide a visual aid of Sahara dust cover: https://forecast.uoa.gr/en/forecast-maps/dust/north-atlantic .

Regards,

PJT

 

[Unit5]

....Climate may be changing but it isn't human induced.

hmmm I I agree with what you said except for the last part...we can't be certain...especially with all the scientists barking about reducing CO2 emissions

 

[chico bill]

Please stay on topic!

Well I believe it is on the topic of ash, or dust clouds, contributing to cooling and also polluting the sky. And it is a nearby Caribbean island.
In July of 2003 Monserrat erupted.
I was living in Puerto Rico then and recall the warnings issued and some small amounts of ash falling and a visible hazy sky, as it drifted Northwest. Of course it was less obvious than this Saharan dust.
I can not find any articles showing any effect on DR in 2003, but if it affected Puerto Rico in might have drifted over DR too ?
Anyone recall that from 2003 ?
While closer to the Southeast shore of PR, Monserrat is only 400 miles from Punta Cana as the crow flies.
A super eruption from there could possible shut down air travel into DR.
It is also predicted that a super eruption in Yellowstone could cover more than half the US and destroy crops in the US.

Interestingly I read that many of the 14,000 immigrants in that British territory left in 2003, following that eruption, leaving only 5000 now and a good percentage of immigrants that settled that island were from the DR and Haiti.
I would imagine there are still Dominicans and Haitians with relatives living there.

 

[bob saunders]

hmmm I I agree with what you said except for the last part...we can't be certain...especially with all the scientists barking about reducing CO2 emissions

Most scientists now a days bark at the command of whomever is funding them. Using computer models that mainly fail is not science, although it does do a decent job of proving their run chicken little run hysterics are unnecessary and false. There is as much co2 emissions from one volcanic eruption as we humans produce in a year. Sahara dust also brings viruses and bacteria.

 

[chico bill]

The dust does seem to be less this morning than the past few days.
I have often wondered if the Saharan dust can bring disease from that part of the world, such as Ebola or tuberculosis.

Something more heinous than asthma, or coral bleaching or massive ocean algae blooms.
I have read that possible respiratory infections can be spawned by breathing to much of the dust

 

[bob saunders]

Most scientists now a days bark at the command of whomever is funding them. Using computer models that mainly fail is not science, although it does do a decent job of proving their run chicken little run hysterics are unnecessary and false. There is as much co2 emissions from one volcanic eruption as we humans produce in a year. Sahara dust also brings viruses and bacteria.

When will it start . https://climatesciencenews.com/2023-02-01-records-written-in-rocks-global-cooling-due.html

 

[bob saunders]

hmmm I I agree with what you said except for the last part...we can't be certain...especially with all the scientists barking about reducing CO2 emissions

The scientists have been wrong more than 50 times on their predictions in regard to Climate.

 

[FF1]

The scientists have been wrong more than 50 times on their predictions in regard to Climate.

 

[Drperson]

Most scientists now a days bark at the command of whomever is funding them. Using computer models that mainly fail is not science, although it does do a decent job of proving their run chicken little run hysterics are unnecessary and false. There is as much co2 emissions from one volcanic eruption as we humans produce in a year. Sahara dust also brings viruses and bacteria.

Is that true about the one eruption co2?

 

[windeguy]

World's biggest permafrost crater in Russia’s Far East thaws as planet warms

Stunning drone footage has revealed details of the world's biggest permafrost crater.

www.reuters.com

The permafrost melts releasing "greenhouse gases" ..

Scientists say Russia is warming at least 2.5 times faster than the rest of the world, melting the long-frozen tundra that covers about 65% of the country's landmass and releasing greenhouse gases stored in the thawed soil.

It is a win-win situation for increasing the temperature world wide.


I don't know, I don't know, I don't know where I'm a gonna go when the Volcano blow:

Are Volcanoes or Humans Harder on the Atmosphere?

Does one major volcanic eruption generate more climate-altering gas than that produced by humans in their entire history?

www.scientificamerican.com

 

[windeguy]

Is that true about the one eruption co2?

Nope. See:

Are Volcanoes or Humans Harder on the Atmosphere?

Does one major volcanic eruption generate more climate-altering gas than that produced by humans in their entire history?

www.scientificamerican.com

 

[bob saunders]

Is that true about the one eruption co2?

Volcanoes Can Affect Climate | U.S. Geological Survey

www.usgs.gov