Uk To Experience Blood Rain Sunsets This Week As Saharan Dust Arrives

UK to experience ‘blood rain’ sunsets this week as Saharan dust arrives

Saharan dust will transform sunsets and might leave deposits on cars and windows

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A vast plume of Saharan dust is expected to light up the skies over much of the UK this week.

The fine sand lifted from the deserts of North Africa will travel thousands of miles on warm southerly air currents and is set to coat cars and other outdoor surfaces, forecasters said.

It will also transform sunrises and sunsets into displays of deep gold, amber, and burnt orange.

However, when mixed with rain, it can leave deposits on cars and windows, a harmless phenomenon known as blood rain.

The Met Office said: “The combination of warm air and Saharan dust may lead to some dusty deposits on cars or outdoor surfaces as the frontal rain washes the dust out of the atmosphere overnight into Friday.”

Saharan dust is relatively common in the UK when big dust storms in the Sahara coincide with southerly wind patterns and it can also affect air pollution and pollution levels, according to the Met Office.

The mixture of sand and dust is expected in the UK’s atmosphere over the next couple of days and could coincide with the warmest day of the year so far on Thursday as temperatures may reach 19C in southern parts.

Above average temperatures for the time of year are forecast, with maximums of 18C-19C and 16-17C more widely, the Met Office said.

Met Office meteorologist Honor Criswick said: “We have got a band of cloud and rain, this could be heavy at times, in western areas, it’s going to move its way eastwards [on Thursday].

“To the east of that, it should be mostly fine.

“There should be lots of long sunny periods until that rain starts pushing into the east.”

It will be cloudier across much of England and Wales on Friday with high temperatures of 11C-12C expected, while Northern Ireland and Scotland will get more sunshine, Criswick added.

The weekend will be a combination of patchy cloud and some sunshine, with high temperatures of 12C-13C on Saturday and 14C on Sunday, Criswick said.

Last week, temperatures reached 18.7C in Kew Gardens, west London, which was the warmest day of the year thus far.