Why is hail falling in the UAE in the middle of summer?

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Residents have shared videos of hailstones blanketing roads in the Emirates this week

Period6 Aug 2024

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  • TitleWhy is hail falling in the UAE in the middle of summer?
    Media name/outletThe National (UAE)
    Country/TerritoryUnited Arab Emirates
    Date6/08/24
    DescriptionDavid Schultz, a professor of synoptic meteorology at the University of Manchester in the UK, said a number of factors, including a weather front or a sea breeze, could create an updraft capable of keeping ice particles in the atmosphere to form hail.

    “What you need to start that updraft is usually a convergence of air coming from various locations. There are a number of ways that could happen,” he said.

    The terrain could also cause an updraft, he said, with mountains able to cause the air movement required.
    Producer/AuthorDaniel Bardsley
    URLhttps://www.thenationalnews.com/news/uae/2024/08/06/why-is-hail-falling-in-the-uae-in-the-middle-of-summer/
    PersonsDavid Schultz