If you're seeing red today (Wednesday), it's because Saharan sand has been falling on the Isle of Wight.

Deposits have been landing on cars and the sky has taken on a red hue.

It's also been affecting Spain and France.

A mass of hot air crossing from the Sahara has seen Spain and parts of France affected by orange, yellow-tinted skies and small heaps of sand. 

The UK is likely to get a milder version of the weather event while forecasters predict more accumulation of dust in the Netherlands and north-western Germany.

​What has the Isle of Wight Met Service said about today's Saharan dust?

Isle of Wight forecaster Jamie Russell told the County Press: "We have a rather high concentration of it affecting the Island at the moment.

"Winds have swept it up into the atmosphere.

"It has been blown here on rather strong southerly winds and is visible as an orange hue in the sky.

"It mixes with the moisture to give very poor visibility.

"As the rain moves in, it will gradually wash it out of the sky, depositing it on cars and vehicles for a time, before being finally washed away by the cleaner air pushing in from the west."