Sultanate of Oman: Doubts about the possibility of snow falling on Jebel Shams on Sunday night/Monday and Monday morning

Arab Weather - The weather forecast team at the Arab Weather Center is closely monitoring the increasing indicators of the possibility of snowfall on the summits of Jabal Al Akhdar, including Jabal Shams, during the night of Saturday / Sunday until Sunday morning.

A cold air front crossing the Sultanate and opportunities for snowfall on Jabal Shams

In the details, the computer processing outputs indicate that during the night of Sunday / Monday until the late morning hours of Monday, the northern regions of the Sultanate will be exposed to unstable weather conditions represented by an increased chance of thunder showers associated with hail in several parts of the regions The coastal areas overlooking the Sea of Oman and some inland areas.

More details about the areas covered by rain during the period of the influence of the atmospheric groove from here

It is expected that dense amounts of stratigraphic clouds will form in the Sea of Oman and erupt into many northern areas, at the beginning of the Sultanate's crossing of a cold air front, with temperatures dropping below the freezing point by several degrees Celsius, so that the opportunity is prepared for snow showers to fall on Jebel Shams. Arab weather in this regard from a decrease in temperatures to winter levels in several parts of the Sultanate, especially on Monday 14-02-2021, and taking into account the return to wearing winter clothes due to the cold weather, and taking into account the safe use of heating methods, and attention to the dangers of frost formation over the mountain peaks.

It is worth noting that Jebel Shams rises approximately 3,009 meters above sea level and this height has helped to change the climate from the rest of the regions in the Sultanate, and Jebel Shams is the highest mountain peak in the Sultanate of Oman. And the coldness that reaches the freezing point and snowfall in the winter, as the temperature reaches less than zero degrees Celsius in some winter nights.

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