Well, we had a few summer thunderstorms today. Our summer thunderstorms usually form over the west side of the mountains and today was not an exception. However, the storms today were unusually more powerful, larger, and lasted for a longer time. I attribute that to the additional moisture we have been getting from the Arabian Sea.
Anyway, one particular hailstorm was the weather maker on Friday Jul 17 at or around 12Z. It has produced heavy rain, strong winds, and hail. It was so strong that thunderstorm resulted in a sandstorm that travelled westward to Dubai. It’s ironic that somewhere in this extremely hot and humid weather there was an area with 21c temperature and rain.
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- Notice how clouds extending from the Arabian Sea cover most of eastern third of Arabia
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- Radar image of the hailstorm
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- Radar image of the hailstorm
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- Water vapor
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