Exceptional scenes of Arab regions that were covered with white in the first third of winter 2022/2023

Written By رنا السيلاوي on 2023/01/10

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"><strong>Weather of Arabia</strong> - Since the beginning of the <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%89-%D9%8A%D8%A8... of 2022/2023, several Arab countries have been affected by exceptional weather conditions, some of which brought with them - thanks to God - heavy rains, and some of them rained heavy showers of cold in a rare and not very frequent manner, covering large areas with a white layer in a scene that surprised residents and visitors .</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Heavy and historic hail in Kuwait</strong></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> It was a scene that surprised the residents of Kuwait on Tuesday (December 27, 2022) with a heavy precipitation of hail in the early hours of the morning, which completely covered the streets and the temperature was recorded below zero for the first time in its history, as Kuwait was affected by an air depression since the morning hours, and with the noon hours it crossed A cold air front led to heavy and accumulated showers of hail, accompanied by the occurrence of thunder, and concentrated in the southern regions.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Papyrus <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA?src=has... Kuwait</a> After Port Abdullah Bridge, King Fahd Road, now Tuesday afternoon 3 inanimate objects 1444 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%... Kuwait_Rain</a> <a href="https://t.co/HViMQMfnnf">pic.twitter.com/HViMQMfnnf</a></p> - Al Jazeera Climate Group (@ClimatJazeera) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClimatJazeera/status/1607696571017183234?ref_src=tws... 27, 2022</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Papyrus <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA?src=has... /> A wonderful atmosphere, good luck, God willing <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%... rain_Kuwait</a> <a href="https://t.co/aXj4XQ2toz">pic.twitter.com/aXj4XQ2toz</a></p> - Rashid Al-Harbi (@ R_A_A30) <a href="https://twitter.com/R_A_A30/status/1607705323506122752?ref_src=twsrc%5Et... 27, 2022</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%... scenes of the Kuwait Papyrus from here</a></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><br /> <strong>A historic night in Baljurashi and an unprecedented accumulation of hail</strong></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> With the afternoon hours of Friday (December 30, 2022), weather disturbances intensified in the Makkah Al-Mukarramah region, and at that time the rain concentrated on its heights and Al-Baha was accompanied by the occurrence of thunderstorms until hailstones fell heavily on the Baljurashi area in Al-Baha Governorate, and the hail accumulated until the ground and roads were covered with a white carpet in Historic night.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Papyrus <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%8A?src=has... Baljurashi</a> last night is historical <a href="https://t.co/RpUURqqhCK">pic.twitter.com/RpUURqqhCK</a></p> - Rashid Al-Harbi (@ R_A_A30) <a href="https://twitter.com/R_A_A30/status/1609258689868832770?ref_src=twsrc%5Et... 31, 2022</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Hijaz land:<br /> Snow in #Baljurashi <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%8A?src=has... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A9_%D8%A7%... /><br /> On_Friday <a href="https://t.co/JNSh2mqvNd">pic.twitter.com/JNSh2mqvNd</a></p> - Adel Al-Absi (@ 7Pb82kd4IaXglQH) <a href="https://twitter.com/7Pb82kd4IaXglQH/status/1608922581503184896?ref_src=t... 30, 2022</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Heavy and rare hail showers in the Aqaba region, south of Jordan</strong></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Parts of the <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%AF%... region, especially the southern ones, were affected on Tuesday (January 3, 2023) by strong cumulus thunderstorms that led to thunderstorms of rain and heavy showers of large sizes.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> A rolling clip of heavy <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AF?src=hash&amp;... and its accumulation on the roads in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%A9?src=has... /><br /> See the weather around you via the platform <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A7%... through the application <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%B7%D9%82%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%... <a href="https://t.co/R0YzMwdQUj">https://t.co/R0YzMwdQUj</a> <a href="https://t.co/oPcppj0fX7">pic.twitter.com/oPcppj0fX7</a></p> - Arab weather - Jordan (@ArabiaWeatherJO) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArabiaWeatherJO/status/1610310263827271681?ref_src=t... 3, 2023</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="476" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%... style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="261"></iframe></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Hail hail visits parts of Cairo, Egypt</strong></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> With the evening and night hours of Sunday (January 8, 2023), thunderclouds spread over parts of Cairo and the governorates of Lower Egypt, which caused showers of moderate to heavy rain at times and in some areas, and those thunderclouds also caused showers of hail in An event that does not happen often in January.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="ar" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%AB%D9%84%D8%AC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsr... Snow</a> in Cairo <a href="https://t.co/XO5lpnAhJL">pic.twitter.com/XO5lpnAhJL</a></p> — ATHAR | NADER (@AsarNH) <a href="https://twitter.com/AsarNH/status/1612174384013115392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etf... 8, 2023</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></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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