Sultanate of Oman | Snow covers Jabal Shams and the expected continuation of the impact of the Al-Wabel Canyon on the Sultanate

Written By طقس العرب on 2023/01/26

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Weather of Arabia - Snow covered the summit of Jabal al-Shams on more than one occasion during the past two days, which has a height of 3000 meters, as temperatures fell to more than three degrees below zero degrees Celsius, amid bitter cold weather.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The climate of Jabal al-Shams is characterized by moderation in summer, as its temperature often does not exceed 25 degrees Celsius, while temperatures drop remarkably in winter and may sometimes reach below 5 degrees below zero, and the weather is often dry. This decrease causes snowfall. The lowest recorded temperature was in January 2015, when it was -9.7 degrees below zero.</p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

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