Snow Fall in United Arab Emirates

Snow fell heavily on the mountains of Ras Al Khaimah a northern part of United Arab Emirates and the entire area on Friday night, leaving covered in a thick white blanket of snow. Photos from Khaleej Times

What? a snow in the land composed of sands and desert now having a snow. I live in United Arab Emirates for more than 7 years and this was the second time that I heard a snow was fall in Ras Al Khaimah UAE but this time it covers a wider area and much colder than what happen last 2004.

Many residents were surprised at the rare spectacle of snow-capped mountains. Rashed Mohammed, an Emirati living near the Al Jais mountains, said except for occasional hailstorms, locally known as barad, snowfall is not common in the mountains. He noted that on Friday night, it snowed more heavily than in 2004 when it lasted only for a few moments. This time, the entire mountaintop was covered under about 10cm of snow. The entire area was covered with dazzling, white snow for the second time in the history of Ras Al Khaimah after 2004. An observer at the RAK Airport Meteorological Office said the snowfall was a result of the scattered rains in Ras Al Khaimah that brought the temperature down.

Authorities called on the public to refrain from going to the mountain by road on their own as the mountain is unreachable without a plane.