You may have noticed the lack of tropical cyclone activity lately. Why? The Saharan Air Layer!
Our crews flew MAGPIE (Moisture and Aerosol Gradients/Physics of Inversion Evolution) project missions on NOAA WP-3D Orion #NOAA43 “Miss Piggy” out of Barbados.
This project researches… pic.twitter.com/fB0SfEiTzP— NOAA Aircraft Operations Center (@NOAA_HurrHunter) July 22, 2024