Rare Rain in Sahara Desert Causes Phenomenon
In a rare occurrence, heavy rainfall hit the Sahara Desert this month and was captured on satellite imagery showing the unusual weather conditions cast over one the driest regions on the planet.
Indeed, on average the Sahara receives under eight centimetres of rain per year, with over half receiving less than three. Rainfall events are rare, occurring less than once a decade on average ...
7 and 8, drenching parts of Morocco and Algeria, where such downpours are rare. An extratropical cyclone over the Sahara Desert drenched parts of Morocco and Algeria – bringing up to a year’s ...
Precipitation in the Sahara overall is not completely uncommon ... North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. If one of these rare precipitation events occurs, and the weather system happens ...