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Why is Kuwait always the hottest place on earth?

From the good Kuwait Meteorological Center page. this afternoon at 2:00 p.m.

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Sarrayat Season is Starting

Sarrayat Season is Starting

This is the season of sarrayat ( Local thunderstorms),they usually develop in the afternoon or during night and are occasionally accompanied with severe dust storms during which visibility may fall to zero.

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We finally got rain in Kuwait

It hasn’t rained properly in two years. This is more what the annual rain should be.

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Autumn is Starting in Kuwait

The Kuwait Agriculture and Food Directory has climate information indicates we may be right on track for normal weather this year meaning we will get rain as in a normal year instead of none like the last two years.

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Sandstorm Season Starts in Kuwait

As if it hasn’t started already. This is in the Kuwait Times today: KUWAIT, June 5 (KUNA) — Al Bawareh sandstorm season started in Kuwait on Thursday, Meteorologist Adel Al-Saadoun told reporters here. “The season, locally known as summer “Merbi’yania,” usually lasts for 40 days,” he noted. “The storms are caused by fast northeastern winds [...]

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Kuwait Dust Storm

There was a short and wild dust storm last week. And apparently the dust is not clean desert sand. Read the following: Not your Kuwaiti Dust Storm « Here There and Everywhere

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Dust Storm in Kuwait

Dust Storm in Kuwait

20080215_DSC0372, originally uploaded by Mister Ian. Very dusty yesterday, but it cleared up in the night. 20080215_DSC0368, originally uploaded by Mister Ian. And it didn’t stop them from playing cricket on the beach! 20080215_DSC0416, originally uploaded by Mister Ian. 20080215_DSC0420, originally uploaded by Mister Ian.

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Hoax nuke blast seen on Czech TV weather report

A Czech art group hacked the TV stations site so that a fake nuclear explosion was broadcast. They won a prize and are now being prosecuted! Hoax nuke blast seen on TV weather – CNN.com

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No place is perfect

No place is perfect

Well nowhere is perfect as I posted previously about the driving. But there is always the weather to talks about also, and that can make you feel better about things. Here’s a weather forecast for Calgary from the best Calgary weather site wx.ca And here is the Kuwait weather from wunderground.com. I haven’t found a [...]

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Diving today

Updated for Friday. Nope. Too windy today. Yesterday fog today the wind. Oh well, gives me more time to work as I have too much work to finish before I leave for Canada in five days. Thursday: Nope. It was very foggy in the morning, meaning you couldn’t see more than 20 meters at times, [...]

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