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Zagora, (southern) Morocco sees first snow in 50 years!

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Zagora, (southern) Morocco sees first snow in 50 years!

Snow in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains is common during winter and in the nearby upland areas it happens every few years but not further south on the edge of the Sahara. Zagora witnessed it’s first snow since 1968. Cold air associated with a large and deep cut off low over SW Europe extending into NW Africa […]

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Cold Air + Moisture = Snow!

Cold Air + Moisture = Snow!

A +NAO, -AO means the Atlantic continues to drive systems east across thee UK but cold air entrainment and building cold over Scandinavia will meet over the UK. This keeps us on the cool side of average pretty much right through next week with an ongoing snow threat, primarily but not exclusively over the hills […]

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