NitroX
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| 12/01/18 07:13 PM |
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Re: Pic of the Day - Africa
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Interesting.
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It is the third time in nearly 40 years the town, known as “The Gateway to the Desert”, has seen snowfall.
In 1979, a snowstorm lasting half an hour stopped traffic. Two years ago, snow settled for around a day, and the town saw snowfall again last year.
Sahara snow
Snow in the Sahara is “unusual but not unheard of”, a spokeswoman for the Met Office told The Independent
“It seems like the snowy pictures were taken across the higher areas in the north of the region, towards the Atlas regions, so it’s not surprising that the area would see some snow if the conditions were right.
I was surprised years ago when reading about extreme cold and snow in Tunisia as well.
Shows weather varies all over the place for all sorts of natural reasons. And snow in mountains is not uncommon.
Here we never have snow, but there has been three or four "snow" falls I can remember. Usually more ice or hail collections than snow. From a distance looks like snow. Perhaps snow melting on the way down? Lasts a few minutes to half an hour. Time for a camera. Missed seeing the last one, which supposedly was the best with good photos.