After a few days of haze, Monday the air turned dusty and visibility decreased. The problem is a combination of the Soufriere volcano in Montserrat going off combined with Sahara dust blowing across the Atlantic from the Sahara Desert, according to a National Weather Service meteorologist.
“There’s a level of dirty air across the region. It’s really dense today,” Ernesto Morales said from San Juan.
According to the Montserrat Volcano Observatory website, the volcano experienced ash-venting activity on Friday but conditions have since returned to normal.
A wind shift from the northeast should drive the dirty air away Tuesday, Morales said.
He said residents across the Virgin Islands should expect rain showers Wednesday and Thursday.
