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Snow falls on United Arab Emirates "for the first time"

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Freak weather, including a three-day downpour and exceptionally low temperatures, has resulted in snow falling on the mountains of Ras al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates "for the first time ever". The top of the mountain cluster of Jabal Jais (locally called Raalet Jais), at a height of 1737m (approx 5,700ft), turned white...
The excitement was such that Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, Shaikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi, visited the snow covered mountains today.

Reports from The Australian and Khaleej Times.
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Meanwhile the temperature here is double that usual for the end of December (12ºC).
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Jonpim, hmmm, it's a little dubious to say 'double' when the zero point on the scale is arbitrary! What if the usual temperature were -6ºC? </smart@rse>
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This further report from Gulf Daily News suggests that snowfall on these mountains is not quite as unprecedented as originally stated.

Oh well!
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laundryman, thank you for correcting my dubious maths.
In your </smart@rse> guise, could you please tell us what folding or folded numbers are?
It is part of Tom's homework, and we are stumped.
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Jonpim, I'm not sure, but I would guess it's to do with analysing the symmetry of plane shapes. So:

- a scalene triangle (all sides/angles different) would have a folding number of 0, because you can't fold it anywhere to generate shapes that are overlain on each other
- an isocoles triangle (two equal sides/angles) would have a folding number of 1 (since it can be folded on to itself along an axis through the apex and bisecting the base)
- an equilateral triangle would have a folding number of 3 (folding axes through each apex and mid-point of opposite side)
- a square 4, (2 axes through-mid points of opposite sides and two through opposite corners)
- a circle, infinite (any diameter)

etc, etc.

All that's just a guess. Alternatively, it could be to do with computing the strength of a poker hand, where beneath a certain threshold you should fold. Somehow, super-casinos notwithstanding, I doubt that's on the national curriculum (though it would teach probability rather well!)
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David Goldsmith, Snow isn't mentioned at all in the Koran, so possibly the world (or at least the Arabian peninsula) is rather cooler than it was in the 700s?
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laundryman, The Koran came from the Medina / Mecca area which is on the west of the Saudi peninsula and low down. The closest area AFAIK which can get snow is the mountains around St Catherine's monastery on the Sinai peninsula. One of which is called Jebel Musa (Moses' Mountain) so they certainly knew about snow in biblical times. Snow on the higher ground in Yemen might also be a possibility ?
The mountains at RAK are on the eastern side of the Saudi landmass and are the end of the Hajar range which goes right down to Muscat in Oman. Jebel Akdhar (Green Mountain) in Oman is over 9000 ft and regularly goes below zero and as the Gulf Daily News article says has snow quite frequently. But not in skiable amounts wink


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kuwait_ian wrote:
... has snow quite frequently. But not in skiable amounts wink


That's not stopped the Portes du Soleil including places where it's not snowed since the last ice age in their domain Very Happy
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skanky, did you mean to put that on this topic ??
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kuwait_ian, yeah, it should (for a while at least) show the colder air coming down into the Arabian region (though obviously that's now, rather than a day or two ago). It suggests that the same high that's denying snow to parts of the Alps may have contributed to the situation (showing the synoptic set-up that caused it). I think, anyway. It was a rushed look.
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skanky, OK understood and I liked the pretty colours. snowHead Pretty cool here in Kuwait today and a chance of rainshowers - why does it always happen at the weekend. Crying or Very sad Same the world over. Here's a local weather site to add to your collection. http://www.kuwait-airport.com.kw/index_e.htm
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kuwait_ian, I note from the Weather page you get "Cool weather" in Kuwait.
I like the idea. Here it's just Naff.
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kuwait_ian, thanks for that. As we might be getting a customer in Kuwait (long and protracted sales cycle), it may come in directly useful wink
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