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

Weather of Arabia - Since the beginning of the winter 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 .

Heavy and historic hail in Kuwait

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.

Papyrus # Kuwait After Port Abdullah Bridge, King Fahd Road, now Tuesday afternoon 3 inanimate objects 1444 # Kuwait_Rain pic.twitter.com/HViMQMfnnf

- Al Jazeera Climate Group (@ClimatJazeera) December 27, 2022

Papyrus #Kuwait
A wonderful atmosphere, good luck, God willing # rain_Kuwait pic.twitter.com/aXj4XQ2toz

- Rashid Al-Harbi (@ R_A_A30) December 27, 2022

More scenes of the Kuwait Papyrus from here

A historic night in Baljurashi and an unprecedented accumulation of hail

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.

Papyrus # Baljurashi last night is historical pic.twitter.com/RpUURqqhCK

- Rashid Al-Harbi (@ R_A_A30) December 31, 2022

Hijaz land:
Snow in #Baljurashi # Al-Baha_now

On_Friday pic.twitter.com/JNSh2mqvNd

- Adel Al-Absi (@ 7Pb82kd4IaXglQH) December 30, 2022

Heavy and rare hail showers in the Aqaba region, south of Jordan

Parts of the Aqaba 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.

A rolling clip of heavy #hailfall and its accumulation on the roads in #Aqaba

See the weather around you via the platform #You_observer through the application #Arab_Weather https://t.co/R0YzMwdQUj pic.twitter.com/oPcppj0fX7

- Arab weather - Jordan (@ArabiaWeatherJO) January 3, 2023

Hail hail visits parts of Cairo, Egypt

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.

# Snow in Cairo pic.twitter.com/XO5lpnAhJL

— ATHAR | NADER (@AsarNH) January 8, 2023