Saharan Dust Map Current 2024. From the late spring to early fall, the saharan air layer, a large plume of super dry and very dusty air that originates over the saharan desert in africa makes a trek more than 5,000. Repeated intense saharan dust transport in 2024.

One reason for the calmer tropics is a massive push of dusty air westward across the atlantic basin. Satellite measurements indicate intensive plumes of dust, called the saharan air layer, across much of the eastern atlantic.