Snow Falls In UAE For First Time In Living Memory - BBC

[hatrack]

"Snow has fallen in the United Arab Emirates for the first time in years, shocking residents of a desert country better known for its 50C summer heat.

Meteorologists reported heavy snowfall on the mountains of Ras al Khaimah, the federation's most northerly Emirate, as a cold snap gripped the region.

Many people told local media it was the first snowfall there in living memory.

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Local newspapers said people were stunned by the white blanket of snow in the Al-Jees mountain cluster. The range "had heavy night-time snowfall for the past two days as a result of temperatures dropping to as low as -5C <23F>", according to the Gulf News."

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4135857.stm

[aquart]

1. Global warming is making very rapid climate changes.

Gosh, what fun.

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[GAspnes]

3. So that's where our snow went

It's bare grass and 51 degrees here in Minneapolis, on freakin' December 30th.

[hatrack]

4. 70 and breezy today in Kansas City

I'll have to check the weather reports tomorrow to see what Dallas & OKC hit this afternoon.

[happyslug]

5. One of the characteristics of Global Warming

Are SHORTER but COLDER Winters with LONGER and HOTTER summers. Thus you may have a one month winter followed by a three month Spring and a Five Month Summer, followed by a three month fall.

[Xithras]

7. Actually, it will depend on where you are

The exact changes introduced by global warming really vary by global location and local microclimate. Some areas may indeed see their fall season stretch out, but there are many areas on Earth that don't experience a "fall" as we know it, and that is unlikely to change. Other areas will see little change in temperature, but may see increased precipitation as a result of increased oceanic evaporation. There will even be some areas that get colder...a LOT colder...as a result of global warming. Most scientists agree that the weather is changing and that the global average temperature will continue to increase, but there is no hard and fast rule about what its effects will be on the world or even what the effects will be on specific areas.

California is a great example of this. Climatologists are split today on what California will look like 100 years from now. All believe that it will warm up, but about half believe that this warmth will cause California to dry out and turn into a desert. The other half believe that oceanic temperature increases will create a more tropical environment with warmer, more intense, and more common rains. One side predicts permanent drought, the other side predicts nonstop flooding and mudslides. About the only thing they agree on is that our future is grim.

[ChemEng]

9. Really?

You have references of course to back that assertion? No? Just hot air? I thought so.

[NNadir]

6. One knows how freepers will interpret this, but...

the World Meterological Organization issued its recent unprecedented warning not because of uniform heating, but because of climatic instability.

[phantom power]

8. Your nuance only aids the terrorists.