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Monday, February 6, 2012

OOPS!!!

Rare Snows in North Africa

By Evan Duffey



Snow made a rare appearance in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria.

Cold air associated with a storm system diving into northern Africa provided for some decent accumulations of snow in the north African country.

According to Accuweather Meteorologist Eric Wanenchak, most reports say the last time Algiers saw this kind of accumulation was at least seven years ago in 2005.

He said Algiers must fight a combination of limiting factors in order to see snowfall. First, the city is near the Mediterranean Sea, which is still quite warm, currently in the low 50s.

Link:
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/rare-snows-in-north-africa/61172

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