A mass of very dry, dusty air, known as the Saharan Air Layer, blowing off thecoast of Africa into the eastern Atlantic Ocean. The SAL can have significantnegative impact on tropical cyclone intensity and formation. Its dry air canact to weaken a t
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Date: 2014 June 23
Credit: NOAA/NASA/NESDIS Environmental Visualization Laboratory; Suomi NPP Satellite's VIIRS instrument
Location: Africa