In two UAE emirates, a hail the size of a golf ball fell.
Dubai, UAE. On Sunday morning, March 24, heavy rain with hail rained over the emirates of Fujairah and Umm al-Quwain. As weather forecasters noted, size gradients can be compared to golf balls. Locals are curiously inspecting the snowdrifts that have formed at the side of the road.
Hail is a relatively rare occurrence on the Arabian Peninsula, but it occurs in unstable weather, when powerful ascending air currents in a storm raise drops to a height where they can freeze.
Thus, hail most often falls in early summer, when the earth has already warmed up enough, and the upper atmosphere remained cold. This year, weather forecasters also note, the winter nights in the UAE were quite cold - the temperature dropped to 8 ° C.
Last week, the UAE Center for Meteorology and Seismology warned of an imminent change of season: on Wednesday, air temperature will begin to rise - up to 35 ° C, the wind will increase, it will bring sandstorms and thunderstorms. A storm is also expected at sea.
