For the first time this season Snow is falling on high mountain heights in some Arab countries

2023-11-22 2023-11-22T15:37:26Z
عامر المعايطة
عامر المعايطة
كاتب مُحتوى جوّي

Arabia Weather - Less than a month separates us from the beginning of the winter square, as this has begun to become clear as the weather systems continue to mature in the northern part of the globe, and with it the weather depressions begin to deepen further towards the lower latitudes.

The Levant, including Jordan, was affected several days ago by an air depression classified as third degree according to the severity scale of air depressions approved by the Arab Weather Center, and it brought large quantities of rain in Jordan and the Levant for this time of year, and the effect of the depression was stronger in terms of cold. On the countries of the northern Levant, Lebanon and Syria, due to their closer proximity to the Alawite influence.

Snow visits the high mountain heights in Lebanon for the first time this season

The recent depression was accompanied by good cold weather in Lebanon, which allowed snow to fall for the first time this season on the high mountains of Lebanon, which rise more than 1,500 meters above sea level. Snow fell on the Laqlouq Mountains and the heights of the municipality of Akkar, at an altitude of 1,600 meters, and the thickness of the snow reached in the area. Bread in rice about 10 cm.

A deep depression accompanied by a cold air front affects Algeria, carrying snow at heights exceeding 1,400 meters above sea level.

Yesterday, Tuesday, Algeria began to be affected by a deep air depression accompanied by a cold air front, as rain fell in many areas, especially the northern, central and eastern regions. As the depression continued to deepen today, Wednesday, the cold air deepened, which led to snowfall on the high mountain highlands. The central and eastern regions, whose altitudes exceed 1400-1600 metres, include the highlands of Al-Madad, Al-Wanshris, Al-Babur, and the highlands of the tribes towards the Auras.

Some pictures of the snow in Algeria

Some pictures of snow in Lebanon

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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