 Poster: A snowHead
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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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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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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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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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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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You'll need to Register first of course.
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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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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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skanky, did you mean to put that on this topic ??
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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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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You know it makes sense.
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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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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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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 
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FAQ
Pretty cool here in Kuwait today and a chance of rainshowers - why does it always happen at the weekend. 
Same the world over. Here's a local weather site to add to your collection. 