من البحر إلى النهر@lemmy.world to Climate Change@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoUnprecedented Snowfall in Saudi Arabiayoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down15cross-posted to: arabs@lemmy.mlclimatecrisis@lemmy.mlcollapse@lemmy.mlsaudiarabia@lemmy.mlcollapse@sopuli.xyzarabs@lemmy.world
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkUnprecedented Snowfall in Saudi Arabiayoutu.beمن البحر إلى النهر@lemmy.world to Climate Change@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: arabs@lemmy.mlclimatecrisis@lemmy.mlcollapse@lemmy.mlsaudiarabia@lemmy.mlcollapse@sopuli.xyzarabs@lemmy.world
minus-squarekbal@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-210 months agoThat was apparently in 2020. Today’s forecast high in Riyadh: 27° C, well above normal.
minus-squareمن البحر إلى النهر@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoThis is the problem with Mercator Projection. The snowfall happens in the western region, specifically in the northwest and southwest. Far from Riyadh.
minus-squareمن البحر إلى النهر@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-210 months agoThis is from two weeks ago: https://youtu.be/awXbrWpGEpU another also from two weeks ago: https://youtube.com/shorts/T8febYR82yA Edit: this is from two days ago: https://youtu.be/4cOpCj34Oa8
minus-squarekbal@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-210 months agoAh, nice. The first video says “Shared January 16, 2020” though, so maybe it’s not completely unprecedented. I like that one with the music. More snow than we’ve got in this part of Canada at the moment!
minus-squareمن البحر إلى النهر@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months agoYes, they have become increasingly common in the past few years. It wasn’t like this 5 or 10 years ago.
That was apparently in 2020. Today’s forecast high in Riyadh: 27° C, well above normal.
This is the problem with Mercator Projection. The snowfall happens in the western region, specifically in the northwest and southwest. Far from Riyadh.
This is from two weeks ago: https://youtu.be/awXbrWpGEpU
another also from two weeks ago: https://youtube.com/shorts/T8febYR82yA
Edit: this is from two days ago: https://youtu.be/4cOpCj34Oa8
Ah, nice. The first video says “Shared January 16, 2020” though, so maybe it’s not completely unprecedented.
I like that one with the music. More snow than we’ve got in this part of Canada at the moment!
Yes, they have become increasingly common in the past few years. It wasn’t like this 5 or 10 years ago.