In a rare event, snow falls on the top of Jabal Shams in Oman

2019-11-14 2019-11-14T14:34:31Z
سنان خلف
سنان خلف
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Unusually, large amounts of snow covered the summit of Jabal Shams in the Sultanate of Oman on Thursday morning, which is considered very rare in terms of timing, where there was no record of any snow in the past The mountain during November in modern history.

 

Jabal Shams rises about 3009 meters above sea level and this rise has helped to change the climate from the other areas of the Sultanate, and Jabal Shams is the highest mountain peak in the Sultanate of Oman, and the place is unique in temperate temperature in the summer and reach between 26 and 25 degrees Celsius and the cold that reaches freezing and snowfall in winter as the temperature reaches below zero Celsius in some winter nights.

 

Below are some scenes of Arab weather documenting snowfall on Jabal Shams in Oman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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