did it ever snowed in sahara?
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If it snows in texas, I dont see why not. Some year some day some century.
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Yes we have at least one "thunder snow" in Nebraska every Year. I think it's kind of cool. It's usually happens after we have a really warm day and a really cold "cold front" comes through on it's tail. It's starts as a thunderstorm but it's cold enough at the surface that it changes to snow before it hits the ground. \n\nHere is the Wikipedia explanation.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thundersnow
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The probability of snowfall varies with season, location, and other geographic factors such as latitude and elevation. In the latitudinal area closer to the equator, there is a rather small chance of snowfall, 35° N and 40°S are often quoted as a rough delimiter. The western coasts of the major continents remain devoid of snow to much higher latitudes.\n\nPermanent snow covering is affected by factors such as the degree of slope on the land, amount of snowfall and the force and nature of the winds. As temperature decreases with altitude, high mountains, even near the Equator, have permanent snow cover on their upper portions, around 5300 m high. Examples include Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and the Tropical Andes in South America; however, the only snow actually to appear on the Equator is at 4690 m altitude of the southern slope of Volcán Cayambe in Ecuador (Google Earth images). Conversely, many regions of the Arctic and Antarctic receive very little precipitation and therefore experience little snowfall despite the bitter cold (below a certain temperature, air essentially loses its ability to retain water vapor). Here, the snow does not melt at sea level.
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Snow in Sydney - 1836\n\nSnow in Sydney is extremely rare. Since European settlement, there have been a few cases recorded of blowing snowflakes, but only 4 occurrences of snow on the ground in any real quantity. All these cases occurred during the icy winter of 1836. \nT.A Browne (better known as Rolf Boldrewood, author of "Robbery Under Arms") kept weather observations during this period and noted that "the years 1836, 1837 and 1838 were years of drought, and in one of these years (1836) a remarkable thing happened. There was a fall of snow; we made snowballs at Enmore and enjoyed the usual schoolboy amusements therewith".\nThe Sydney Herald reported on the same incident headed "A Stranger"\n"For the first time in the memory of the oldest inhabitants, snow fell in Sydney on the morning of Tuesday last. (27 June 1836)\nAbout 7 O’clock in the morning, a drifting fall covered the streets nearly one inch in depth. Some of the "old hands" expressed a hope that their old acquaintances Messrs. Frost and Snow do not intend emigrating to NSW".\n\n  this record is not up to date because it has snowed in Sydney 1n the 1960s
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I don't know if they officially record them and I've never heard it called a 'haboob' here, but I would say that the giant dust storms you describe that produce a moving wall of dust hundreds of feet high and miles across occur in the Phoenix area about about once every two or three years.\n\nThey always occur in the summer during our monsoon period (late June through late August).  Most wind storms create some blowing dust (sometimes quite severe), but it is usually localized and there is no clear boundary where the dust ends.  \n\nBut every so often when the conditions are just right, a large storm front will sweep across the entire city and push a wall of dust before it that looks just like a giant brown ocean wave.  You can actually seen the boundary between the clean air and dust - it is kinda freaking looking.  A moment before it hits you, the air is clear and mostly still and then you are suddenly in high winds and visibility that requires headlights in a matter of seconds.\n\nAgain, I don't know any official statistics, but during my 15 years in the valley, I have probably seen it happen 4 or 5 times.
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Was there ever no civil war there?
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Solar rays are definitely stronger the closer you get to the sun, but the atmosphere is thinner the higher you go & snow is white enough to reflect many of the sun's rays.  In general, the higher the elevation, the cooler the air.  Thus, at 14,000 feet, you can have snow, even during the summer.  Also, different types of rays from the sun (throughout the visible & "invisible" spectrum) are altered to some degree by the atmosphere & refraction.\n\nKeeping that in mind, you should know that climatologists expect that by 2010 Kilimanjaro will no longer be covered in snow.
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Its rare, but it can lightening when it snows
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It all depends upon the layers of temparature in the atmosphere.  If an upper layer where the precipitation originates is below freezing then it can snow even if it is above freezing at ground level.  Reverse those temperatures and you get freezing rain.
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Yes.  It does snow in Israel even in the desert.  I was there for a year and experienced it first hand.  It is amazing to see the beauty of the country covered in a white blanket.  Especially after experiencing the oppressive heat of the summer.
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Well, yes, but it is impossible to prove.\n\nNo one has ever examined ALL snowflakes.\n\nHowever snowflakes tend to all have a hexagonal shape in most snow.\n\nIn extremely cold weather at the south pole, other crystalline forms of ice are possible but they are very rare.
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I have never touched real snow\n\nHasn't snowed here in H town in a while\n\nI would really loved it if it did \n\nthanks
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No, the marathon has never been snowed out. As a resident of the area, I can't recall that it has snowed on Marathon day.
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The area that snowed is in the granite belt south-eastern Queensland and it has not snowed here for 50 years.\n\nOur weather here in Brisbane which is the nearest capital city(not far from the granite belt)where I live is unseasonal and it has been indicated by some that these are effects of our global warming.
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The Sahara desert is the worlds largest desert. It reaches from the Atlantic ocean side, to the Red Sea. It is over 5,200 miles long. In total it covers more than 3,500,000 square miles. In the west the Sahara is very rocky with unsettled ground. It has many underground rivers. The central region has more elevation then others. The Libyan desert isn't eastern Sahara. It is very dry. The climate in the Sahara is very dry and hot. It becomes hot during the day, and turns cold at night. It has an average of 8 inches of rain each year. It has a small population of 2 million people due to the little rain fall. \n\nThe Sahara desert covers most of North Africa, one third of the continent. Some areas can be for several years with not one drop of rainfall. They are many wind storms, causing lots of dust and sand to blow everywhere.\n\nBoth the Nile and the Niger rivers cross through the Sahara. They support most of the deserts human population. \n\nThe boundaries of the Sahara are the Atlas mountains and Mediterranean sea on the north. The Atlantic Ocean on the west. The Red Sea and Egypt, and the Sudan and the valley of the Niger River on the south.
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Yes it does. I believe it snows in almost all the regions in Japan. There are lots of ski resorts. I heard it snowed quite a lot in Tokyo this winter. Every year, there are some people who even die because of the severe snow especially in northen Japan.
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Yes it is considered a desert. It gets slightly more rainfall than the Sahara Desert, making it the largest desert on earth.