Does Anyone Have Pictures of the Somalia "Snow" Ev

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I know this has been an outstandingly unusual year for weather, but snow in the tropics at low elevation!?

For those who don't know, some kind of an extremely rare event hit Somalia within the last day or so.

http://somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/506

Every account I have seen claims it was snow, but that is seemingly impossible, with 500mb heights around 580 and 850mb temps of 16C or so. The only possible chance for snow would be with a tremendous downdraft from high altitudes. It would have to be a one in a billion type of thing! The most likely explanation would have to be hail, but even that would be VERY rare in that region. No matter how you slice it the weather patterns have been TOTALLY whacked out for months now.

It truly mystifies me why frozen precip in an area that has never seen it before has to be a sign of Global warming. I think everyone has blown this "Global Warming" thing totally out of proportion! I have seen articles about studies that show the ice in Antarctica has actually been thickening at the rate of 1.8 cm per year, since the early 1990s. My theory is that the extremely odd weather this year is a sign that the recent trends of abnormally warm weather are about to undergo a sharp reversal! You could make a great case that the recent warmth is nothing more than a natural cycle...

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I know this has been an outstandingly unusual year for weather, but snow in the tropics at low elevation!?

For those who don't know, some kind of an extremely rare event hit Somalia within the last day or so.

http://somalinet.com/news/world/Somalia/506

Every account I have seen claims it was snow, but that is seemingly impossible, with 500mb heights around 580 and 850mb temps of 16C or so. The only possible chance for snow would be with a tremendous downdraft from high altitudes. It would have to be a one in a billion type of thing! The most likely explanation would have to be hail, but even that would be VERY rare in that region. No matter how you slice it the weather patterns have been TOTALLY whacked out for months now.

It truly mystifies me why frozen precip in an area that has never seen it before has to be a sign of Global warming. I think everyone has blown this "Global Warming" thing totally out of proportion! I have seen articles about studies that show the ice in Antarctica has actually been thickening at the rate of 1.8 cm per year, since the early 1990s. My theory is that the extremely odd weather this year is a sign that the recent trends of abnormally warm weather are about to undergo a sharp reversal! You could make a great case that the recent warmth is nothing more than a natural cycle...

I agree 100%. Very good post.