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Significant Dust Haze Advisory in Effect for Island: Forecasted for Barbados from Tuesday with Impact Through Thursday
"Dust haze advisory in effect for Barbados due to reduced visibility caused by a thick plume of Saharan dust, starting tomorrow evening and persisting throughout the week."
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A significant dust haze advisory is in effect for the island.
A dust-haze advisory is issued when dust haze has already or is forecast to reduce visibility to between 5 to 10 kilometers within 36
hours.
A thick plume of Saharan dust haze is forecast to affect Barbados throughout the week starting with slight to moderate concentrations
from tomorrow evening Tuesday 6th February 2024.
Model data indicates that haze concentrations will thicken into Wednesday 7th, February 2024 and persist into Thursday 8th, February 2024. Heading into the weekend, haze concentrations will decrease, however, slight to moderate dust haze will persist across Barbados and the marine area.
