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Summer and Saharan dust in Texas
We anticipate scorching and dry situations throughout the summer season months throughout the Lone Star State, however generally the sky is hazy from Saharan mud, too.
It’s summer season, and the forecast requires a dusty or hazy sky due to Saharan mud or the Saharan Air Layer (SAL). What does this imply, and what is the influence to you and the climate?
Why summer season?
Properly, first let’s handle the time of yr. In keeping with the Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Saharan Air Layer, or massive space of very dry, dusty air, types over the Sahara Desert throughout the late spring, summer season and even early fall, shifting into the tropical Atlantic Ocean. This will occur as typically as each three to 5 days.
Saharan mud is usually part of the climate forecast throughout the summer season in Texas as a result of that’s when the height of this air layer is. Exercise will increase in mid-June, peaking from lake June to mid-August, waning into mid to late August. It’s throughout this peak exercise that the mud reaches the U.S. Gulf Coast, together with the Lone Star State
The journey
How does the mud make the 5,000+ mile journey from Africa to Texas?
It’s concerning the upper-level climate sample and the steering commerce winds. The commerce winds blow from east to west throughout the Atlantic Ocean, serving to to hold all that mud suspended within the environment into the Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico. This wind can also be a pure steering mechanism for tropical programs throughout hurricane season.
Within the higher ranges of the environment, a big, persistent space of excessive stress within the Atlantic is the principle steering for these mud storms within the U.S.. It’s what in the end powers the commerce winds.
The influence to climate
Summer time can also be the start of the Atlantic Hurricane Season, and there’s a connection between Saharan mud and tropical exercise. In keeping with NOAA, this mud plume can suppress tropical improvement. For the reason that dusty air may be very dry, and with out half the quantity of moisture discovered within the typical tropical environment, this may create sinking air round a tropical system, which in the end weakens or squashes improvement.
One other sort of climate that is not nice for tropical improvement? Robust winds aloft. That is what you get inside a plume of mud. These robust winds can improve vertical shear, which once more results in a hostile surroundings for tropical improvement.
Sinking air additionally warms, which ends up in a extra secure environment. This will forestall cloud improvement, and that is what tropical programs must develop and ultimately develop.
The influence on well being
The plume of mud can cut back air high quality and even visibility. A few of the mud particulates coming from the Sahara are thought-about “nice”, and may in consequence have a much bigger influence in your well being. These very small particulates can penetrate deeper into the lungs and may influence these with poor respiratory well being and even allergy symptoms. So you will wish to restrict your time outdoor, or keep inside if potential, throughout a mud occasion.
Photograph alternative
The orange, sandy particles that arrive from the Sahara Desert are additionally identified to create colourful or vibrant sunrises and sunsets. It is physics! Mild bounces off the mud particles, basically accessing the whole shade spectrum.
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Texas Rangers Spring Training Schedule, Including Game Times, Ticket Information
The Texas Rangers spring training schedule is set with the club announcing game times on Thursday.
The entire schedule is below.
The Rangers play 33 spring training games in 2025, including 31 Cactus League games in Arizona and two exhibition against the Kansas City Royals on March 24-25 at Globe Life field.
The Rangers spring schedule starts against the Royals at Surprise Stadium, the complex the club’s share, on Feb. 21.
Individual game tickets go on sale online at texasrangers.com on Tuesday. In person ticket sales will be available at the Surprise Stadium box office beginning Jan. 25. For more information on 2025 season and individual game tickets call 623-222-2222 or visit surprisestadium.com. Ticket information for the two exhibition games at Globe Life field will be announced at a later date.
Texas begins its 23rd spring training at Surprise Stadium in Surprise, Ariz., and will play 17 of its 31 Cactus League games in Surprise.
DATE, OPPONENT, SITE, TIME
Feb. 21, Royals, Surprise Stadium, 1:05 p.m.
Feb. 22, Giants, Surprise Stadium, 1:05 p.m.
Feb. 23, Cubs, Mesa (Sloan Park), 1:05 p.m.
Feb. 24, White Sox, Glendale, 1:05 p.m.
Feb. 25, Royals, Surprise Stadium, 1:05 p.m.
Feb. 26, Guardians, Goodyear, 1:05 p.m.
Feb. 27, Mariners (ss), Surprise Stadium, 1:05 p.m.
Feb. 28, Cubs, Surprise Stadium, 1:05 p.m.
March 1, Brewers, Phoenix, 1:10 p.m.
March 2, Diamondbacks, Surprise Stadium, 1:05 p.m.
March 3, Royals, Surprise Stadium,1:05 p.m.
March 4, Athletics, Surprise Stadium, 1:05 p.m.
March 5, Reds, Goodyear, 1:05 p.m.
March 6, Padres, Surprise Stadium, 1:05 p.m.
; Dodgers, Glendale, 1:05 p.m.
March 7, Rockies, Salt River Fields, 6:40 p.m.
March 8, Royals (ss), Surprise Stadium, 1:05 p.m.
March 9, Diamondbacks (ss), Salt River Fields, 1:10 p.m.
March 10, Open Date
March 11, Angels, Surprise Stadium, 1:05 p.m.
March 12, Reds, Surprise Stadium, 1:05 p.m.
March 13, Giants, Scottsdale, 1:05 p.m.
March 14, Rockies, Surprise Stadium, 6:05 p.m.
; Padres, Peoria, 6:40 p.m.
March 15, Athletics (ss), Mesa (Hohokam), 1:05 p.m.
; Giants, (Spring Breakout Game), Scottsdale, TBA.
March 16, White Sox, Surprise Stadium, 1:05 p.m.
March 17, Open Date
March 18, Guardians, Surprise Stadium, 6:05 p.m.
March 19, Mariners, Peoria, 1:10 p.m.
March 20, Rockies, Surprise Stadium, 6:05 p.m.
; Padres, Peoria, 6:40 p.m.
March 21, Angels (ss), Tempe, 12:10 p.m.
March 22, Royals, Surprise Stadium, 12:05 p.m.
March 23, Open Date
March 24, Royals, Globe Life Field, 7:05 p.m. CT
March 25, Royals, Globe Life Field, 1:35 p.m. CT
Rangers home games are in bold; ss-split squad games.
Note: Surprise, Ariz., is one hour behind Texas time (Central time) through March 8 (Mountain time) and two hours behind beginning March 9 (Pacific time).
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