Saturday, January 24, 2009

Real Snow in UAE..

Got to know that real snow does exist in UAE. Ni bukan yg dlm mall kat Dubai tuh. This is the original one, coming down from the sky.

Ras Al Khaimah is one of the UAE states. Snow fell heavily on the mountains of Ras Al Khaimah, on Friday nite. Tak sangka kan ....akak seniri pun tak pernah imagine, snow rupanya ada di Tanah Arab nih..

Heavy snowfall on Ras Al Khaimah's Jebel Jais mountain

By Nasouh Nazzal, Staff Reporter Published: January 24, 2009,

Ras Al Khaimah: Snow fell heavily on the mountains of Ras Al Khaimah on Friday night, leaving the Jebel Jais mountains covered in a thick white blanket of snow.

The extreme cold spell brought the temperature on top of the Jebel Jais mountain cluster, situated at a height of 5,700 feet, to as low as -3 degree Celsius on Friday night, as the snow blanketed an area extending over 5kms.

Major Saeed Rashid Al Yamahi, Manager of the Air Wing of RAK Police, who flew a helicopter to the top of the Jebel Jais mountain, said that the entire area was covered with 10
cm of snow.

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