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Hail stones that fell over 200 hectares of land in Nyahururu with a depth of 10 inches. :lol:

That is too funny! But with all the crazy weather changes who knows, Canada might become a tropical country!

hehe,interesting.

naa its hailstones. well funny though.

Read about it in the news, great pics!:cheers:

:lol: and to say, i was about to make a thread saying does it snow in africa.:lol:

Definitely hail, although it does snow on Kilimanjaro and in the Atlas mountains. I know the Semien mountains very very rarely get snow (but the highlands often get hail, as well as in other highland areas in Ethiopia). In antiquity it was even knee-deep at one point (a 3rd century Emperor of Aksum speaks of knee-deep snow:

and the Samene people who live beyond the Nile in inaccessible mountains
covered with snow where tempests and cold are continuous and the snow so deep that a man sinks up to the knees

and pple say there is global warming, this is more like global cooling

There is even a nice video about the event: http://rafiki-kenya.blogspot.com/2008/09/snow-in-kenya.html

Enjoy!

There is even a nice video about the event: http://rafiki-kenya.blogspot.com/2008/09/snow-in-kenya.html

Enjoy!

thnx rafiki

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Lightning in Ethiopia is the real hurricane trigger

From Times Online
Paul Simons

The hurricane season begins on June 1, and the storms will be tracked as they head out as small depressions on the other side of the Atlantic, off western Africa. But for an even earlier warning sign of trouble, forecasters might need to keep an eye on lightning in Ethiopia.

According to new research, the highlands of Ethiopia are the real birthplace of hurricanes, as intense thunderstorms kick-start them into life. The thunderstorms block the path of trade winds and, rather like boulders in a stream, send the winds spinning off into turbulent eddies. Scientists monitored bouts of intense lightning from the region and found the bigger the storms, the larger the turbulence they set off.

This disturbed atmosphere creates blocks of low pressure, and about half of these go on to spawn storms off the West African coast before they head out across the Atlantic. Whether these depressions develop into hurricanes depends on many other factors, such as a warm sea, calm winds higher up in the atmosphere, and a lack of dust blown off the Sahara.

Despite the vast distances between Ethiopia and the hurricane belt of the US and Caribbean, the link between the thunderstorms and hurricanes is remarkably strong. In the past two years, about 85 per cent of intense hurricanes, including Hurricane Katrina, can be traced back to big thunderstorms in eastern Africa.

^^
Ethiopia and much of the Kenyan highlands have their rainfall patterns affected by winds arising from the Indian ocean. I guess the same weather patterns were responsible for the freak storm in Nyahururu and maybe by extension the hurricanes striking the US and carribean. Its just a thought.

LOL. It reminds me of hail in Ethiopia.

Here are some pics from a hailstorm a couple of years back:

http://www.aigaforum.com/EthiopianSnow5.jpg

http://www.aigaforum.com/EthiopianSnow3.jpg

http://www.aigaforum.com/EthiopianSnow4.jpg

http://www.aigaforum.com/EthiopianSnow6.jpg

http://www.aigaforum.com/EthiopianSnow7.jpg

http://www.aigaforum.com/EthiopianSnow8.jpg

I have seen a picture were Bole road is covered with snow. But i can't find it.

I have seen a picture were Bole road is covered with snow. But i can't find it.
Is it this one? It doesn't snow in Addis so it's hail. The crazy thing is it turns into slush on the roads (look at above pictures).

http://flickr.com/photos/mluoma/1318678737/


This one is in Lalibela in the north:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1062/1188273293_6dae7f1f36_b.jpg

interesting.

Look how this people are dressed, don't they feel cold?

LOL, that's hail. Still classic pics though.

I remember hearing about a news story about snow falling in Northeastern Somalia for the first time in history, but don't know if it's true.

Tarrex I accidentally ran into this picture. Is it this one? It's probably hail though. In July/August 06, there were record low temps in Addis (-10C!), and there was a precipitation that was somewhere between sleet and hail. Apparently it covered roofs and stuff. I think this pic was taken then.

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2165346

Here's some more...this time in Eldoret.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2518/3821691312_948cb5c91d_b.jpg

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