Saharan dust could make its return to Louisiana this weekend

Saharan dust could be making a return to Louisiana this weekend.

WGNO in New Orleans reported the dust from Africa could arrive in the state as early as Sunday. The dust is moving across the Caribbean and into the Gulf of Mexico.

Saharan dust isn't new to Louisiana or Shreveport-Bossier. Twice, last summer the area dealt with the dust that makes for hazy skies, unique sunsets and life difficult for those with allergies. Saharan dust reached Shreveport in July and August.

The dust moves as far west as the Gulf of Mexico and contributes to hazy skies in the summer months in Florida and the Carribean Islands.

The Sahara is the largest non-polar desert on the planet. It covers roughly 6 percent of the land surface of the earth, write geological scientists Kerry H. Cook and Edward K. Vizy of the University of Texas.

And in case you were wondering, the Sahara Desert is some 6,900 miles away from Shreveport.