Saharan-dust sunsets, Gulf coast

The indexweatherthe week of, at best

Saharan-dust sunsets, Gulf coast

Fires when aerosol optical depth > 0.3 AND mid/high cloud 30-70% AND low cloud < 25%

Photograph Shiva Shenoy from Flower Mound, United States · CC BY 2.0

June through August. The notch is October.

No date. the week of, at best — this one is decided by the weather, not by the calendar, so the honest answer is a month rather than a day.

Where: St. Pete / north Gulf beaches
Drive: 55 minutes from Lakeland
In season: June through August
Certainty: the week of, at best
Drone: 400 ft LAANC

From the field

The dust that wrecks the air-quality index builds the year's most saleable skies.

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