DUBAI: Parts of northern Saudi Arabia were covered in a fine layer of hail and snow on Sunday as temperatures plummeted to approximately 7C.
Images circulating on social media showed the a white landscape in the city of Qurayyat, in Al Jawf Province. The Saudi city is 30 kilometers away from the border with Jordan.
هذا الصباح آثار البردية باقية من يوم أمس
الكتب مابين القريات و طريف صباح الاثنين
٢٠٢١/١١/٢١متداولة من الواتس pic.twitter.com/gByFaBs5Bs— بندر أبو ياسر الشراري (@bandar0758) November 22, 2021
In one video hail can be seen falling from the sky.
القريات ياربي ترزقنا جوهم pic.twitter.com/B3KWQtO8h7
— anisaabdulaziz (@anisaabdulaziz) November 22, 2021
A Saudi National Center for Meteorology report said thunderstorms accompanied by light winds and hail showers would fall across Al-Jawf, the northern borders and Tabuk, extending to the coastal areas of the Medina region.
صباح الخير
صور من امطار #القريات شمال المملكه
الاحد 2021/11/21
#السعوديه #لنجعلها_خضراء pic.twitter.com/vlaFexfFeK— محمد الحربي (@Q5nzZ) November 22, 2021