HAVE you wondered why the sun seems 'weak' and the sky has a strange hue this morning?

Do not worry, you are not imagining it and you are not the only one.

The strange hue and dull sun is due to Saharan dust spreading across the south of England.

A Met Office spokesperson told the Daily Echo: "There is a layer of Saharan dust high in the atmosphere – at around 4,000 to 6000 metres.

"This is unlikely to fall to the ground over the UK but is impeding the suns rays a little today and making the sun seem ‘weak’."

The national weather service explains that Saharan dust is a mixture of sand and dust from the North African desert, which has been blown into the sky by strong winds.

When winds in the upper atmosphere are blowing north, the dust can be carried as far as the UK.

Saharan dust reportedly happens several times a year in the UK when large storms in the Sahara coincide with southerly wind patterns.