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  • Location: Darlington
  • Weather Preferences: Warm dry summers
  • Location: Darlington

A video showing the snow in Jerusalem

 

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/video/snow-jerusalem-103102204.html

 

 

There was snow in Jerusalem for a second consecutive day as a slow-moving storm system continued to bring a mixture of rain and snow to the eastern Mediterranean.

 

This footage shows at least an inch of snow settled on the capital city.

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  • Location: Bedworth, North Warwickshire 404ft above sea level
  • Location: Bedworth, North Warwickshire 404ft above sea level

Okm this takes the p**s now, there's snow almost down to Sharm al Sheik!!!!!!!

 

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  • Location: South Yorkshire
  • Location: South Yorkshire

This global warming lark is getting really out of hand now ( awaiting all the daft "well ya,the increased moisture content of the atmosphere will lead to more precipitation which statistically gives a higher probability of snow falling in any given location just as we expected yadda yadda"). Sigh.

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  • Location: Ribble Valley
  • Location: Ribble Valley

This global warming lark is getting really out of hand now ( awaiting all the daft "well ya,the increased moisture content of the atmosphere will lead to more precipitation which statistically gives a higher probability of snow falling in any given location just as we expected yadda yadda"). Sigh.

The powers that be are already busy writing the peer reviewed  paper on this right now.Posted Image

Okm this takes the p**s now, there's snow almost down to Sharm al Sheik!!!!!!!

 

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NW Europe looks very grim, it kind of reminds me of 1974 that december also brought similar conditions across NW Europe, though Egypt didn't see snow like now.

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  • Location: Hobart, Tasmania
  • Location: Hobart, Tasmania

 

It would have taken just one journalist from a mainstream media outlet one phone call to Cairo Met Office to confirm whether it was snow or not. In the end they just followed each others laziness and reported snow..

Friday's min in Cairo was 5C.

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  • Location: Beijing and (sometimes) Dundee
  • Location: Beijing and (sometimes) Dundee

Is it just me, or can anyone else hear the soft sound of hairs being split?

Considering you can have hail at any temperature, no (I can't hear it). 

 

Anyway, the very mild NW Europe and cold Middle East are part of the same story - the jet stream has huge loops in it again.

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  • Location: South Yorkshire
  • Location: South Yorkshire

Considering you can have hail at any temperature, no (I can't hear it). 

 

Anyway, the very mild NW Europe and cold Middle East are part of the same story - the jet stream has huge loops in it again.

 

I was on about the proximity of snow to Cairo!!

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  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.
  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.

A widespread snow storm blanketed a large portion of the Middle East on December 13, including the areas of Egypt, Israel, Syria, Lebanon, and other nations. Syria received 13cm while Egypt was blanketed in smaller amounts. Jerusalem received an astounding 50cm, allowing children to build snowmen as emergency personnel scrambled to open roads and attend to those lesser fit to handle the unprecedented snowfall.

Atmospheric air pressure and temperature measured in at 850 hPa and -3 degrees Celsius, but the cause of the snow can be mainly attributed to "Lake or Sea Effect snow". Winter Storm Alexa swept across the region bringing in remarkably cold air and strong winds originating from the colder winter weather of Asia. As this large pocket of cold air swept across the warm air of the Mediterranean Sea, the existing moisture was evaporated, making the air mass very humid and unstable. As the strong, humid, and unstable winds hit land, they accumulated as a result of "atmospheric friction" due to the presence of land. The humid air, as it was pushed up, underwent rapid cooling and subsequently precipitated by snow. This process was all made possible primarily through a SST (Sea-Surface Temperature) difference of 13 degrees Celsius and hills on the coasts that accelerated uplift.

Precipitation is very rare across the Middle East, as one might expect. Cairo receives, on average, less than 1 inch of rain per year. Nevertheless, this snowfall produced a massive response on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, ranging from utter shock to delight to satirically mocking the snow as "mystical work" of Egyptian generals.

Unfortunately, snow was not met with delight by all, and was harmful to many. The unprecedented harsh conditions made the situation far more difficult for thousands of Syrian refugees residing in Lebanon, often in shelters that are exposed to the cold elements. Ben-Gurion Airport was closed, and transportation was stricken down in many regions across the Middle East.

This rare snowfall is met with mixed reactions, while being an exciting moment for meteorologists worldwide. This certainly did change life for a brief moment in the Middle East.



http://rgsweather.com/2013/12/14/sea-effect-snow-for-jerusalem-and-the-sphinx/

http://www.weather.com/news/weather-winter/rare-snow-egypt-cairo-20131213

http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-snow-israel-egypt-20131213,0,1691393.story#axzz2nbPiGi64

http://news.sky.com/story/1182209/egypt-sees-first-snow-storm-in-years

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