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Date Published: 11/07/2023

Saharan dust cloud sweeps over Spain, Italy and France

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The worst of the dust will hit the Mediterranean coast of Spain and the Canary Islands

Saharan dust cloud sweeps over Spain, Italy and France

Spain is already suffering through its second heatwave of the season, with parts of the country expected to positively boil in temperatures hovering around the mid-40s this week. If that wasn’t enough to contend with, a large dust cloud driven by hot air from the Sahara is expected to sweep over the country on Tuesday afternoon, July 11.

The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (Cams) has been tracking the progress of the cloud and believes that most of the western Mediterranean, the islands of Corsica and Sardinia and southeastern France and northern Italy will be the worst hit.

As well as blanketing everything in its wake with an unsightly red dust, Saharan storms, known in Spain as calimas, result in deeply hazy skies and can severely effect the air quality.

The #CopernicusAtmosphere Monitoring Service is tracking the air quality impact of a significant transport of dust from the Sahara over the western Mediterranean and southern Europe, particularly affecting #Spain.

Find out more 👉https://t.co/mx4GQ4O858 pic.twitter.com/74p8pTU7s2
— Copernicus ECMWF (@CopernicusECMWF) July 11, 2023

“This episode of dust transport is coincident with the heatwave conditions experienced across Spain and the western Mediterranean related to the origins of the air mass over the Sahara,” said Mark Parrington, senior scientist at Cams.

“In contrast with some of the episodes over the Mediterranean earlier in the year, our forecasts are showing higher concentrations of particulate matter at the surface, as well as higher up in the atmosphere.”

According to the Cams forecast, the hot, dust-laden winds should hit the Canary Islands later in the week.

Also of interest: Extreme heat killed 61,600 people in Europe last summer

Image: Ayuntamiento de Mazarrón

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