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'Biblical snowstorm: Rare flakes in Cairo, Jerusalem paralyzed by over a foot'"><span class="fa fa-envelope"></span></a></span> <span class="tweet-authors"><span class="pb-twitter-follow unprocessed"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233952/https://twitter.com/@capitalweather" class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false" data-lang="en">Follow @capitalweather</a></span> </span> </div> <article itemprop="articleBody"><div class="inline-content inline-photo inline-photo-normal"> <a name="43c0f4f0cc"></a> <img class="unprocessed" data-hi-res-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233952/https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/12/13/Foreign/Images/Nic6274492.jpg&w=1484" 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AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI</span> </div> <p>A powerful, slow-moving storm is producing historic snows in the Middle East – from Jerusalem to parts of Cairo.</p> <p>From all accounts, snow in Cairo is exceptionally rare – although historical records are difficult to attain.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>For the first time in 112 years, it snows in Cairo <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233952/http://t.co/Chrmfcj0G1">pic.twitter.com/Chrmfcj0G1</a></p> <p>— Amr ElGabry (@AmrElGabry) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233952/https://twitter.com/AmrElGabry/statuses/411416119899987968">December 13, 2013</a></p></blockquote> <p>Some <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233952/http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-snow-israel-egypt-20131213,0,1691393.story#axzz2nN6nJ0Ja">reports suggest</a> it’s the first snow in Cairo in over 100 years – although they are not substantiated.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233952/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/12/snow-in-cairo-for-first-time-in-over-100-years.html?mid=google">New York Magazine offers</a> this intelligence:</p> <blockquote class="citation"><p>Claims that this is Cairo’s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233952/http://www.businessinsider.com/cairo-snow-2013-12">first snowfall in exactly 112 years </a> seem to be sourced from a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233952/https://twitter.com/AmrElGabry/status/411416119899987968">tweet by one local man</a> who later admitted he was <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233952/https://twitter.com/AmrElGabry/status/411441053040779264">just guesstimating</a>. Whatever the exact number is, though, the point is that it basically never snows in Cairo.</p></blockquote> <p>The Weather Channel <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233952/http://www.weather.com/news/weather-winter/rare-snow-egypt-cairo-20131213">notes</a> even rain isn’t all that common in Cairo, which averages less than an inch a year.</p> <p>The storm has generated crippling amounts of snow in Jerusalem, stranding commuters, cutting power in areas, and closing schools and businesses. A foot to a foot and half of snow has fallen across the city.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Photo at entrance of Jerusalem now heavy snowfall covered the area <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233952/http://t.co/UaxMuG7vJw">pic.twitter.com/UaxMuG7vJw</a></p> <p>— Israel News Feed (@IsraelHatzolah) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233952/https://twitter.com/IsraelHatzolah/statuses/411323715205738496">December 13, 2013</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150903233952js_/http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p> <p>The Jerusalem Post <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233952/http://www.jpost.com/National-News/Police-IDF-called-in-to-help-motorists-stranded-in-snow-in-Jerusalem-BG-Airport-shut-temporarily-334920">reports</a> dozens of cars trapped on roads leading into the city and within its confines and that the Israeli Defense Forces have been called in to assist. It adds Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat said the city was facing “a battle against a rare storm, the likes of which we have never seen.”</p> <div class="inline-content inline-photo inline-photo-normal"> <a name="c1659804d0"></a> <img class="unprocessed" data-hi-res-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233952/https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/files/2013/12/IMG_0004.jpg&w=1484" data-low-res-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233952/https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/files/2013/12/IMG_0004.jpg&w=480" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233952im_/https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/files/2013/12/IMG_0004.jpg&w=480"/><br/> <span class="pb-caption">Snow piles up on the streets of Jerusalem (Jonathan Hoffman)</span> </div> <p>“There are no words to describe the situation here,” said Jonathan Hoffman, a Jerusalem resident, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233952/http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/topic/41928-jerusalem-israel-winter-weather-2013-2014/page-2">posting on a weather hobbyist forum</a> early this morning local time. “The heavy snow never stopped falling and is still coming down. The city: shut down, immobilized.”</p> <p>Meteorologist <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233952/http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/topic/41928-jerusalem-israel-winter-weather-2013-2014/">Justin Consor, who lives in Israel, said</a> the snow that fell Thursday in Jerusalem was the most in over 100 years in December.</p> <p><strong>Link:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233952/http://www.angelfire.com/mb/batzdir/SNOWTAB1.htm">Unofficial list of Jerusalem snowfall records</a></p> <p>And the storm isn’t over. Another round of heavy snow is possible Friday night into Saturday. 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class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="day day-5"> <div> <p class="weather-day">Mon.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233952/http://www.washingtonpost.com/weather"> <img class="weather-image" alt="partlycloudyday" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233952im_/https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwp-stat.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fvg%2Fe58e8ea7712c843f81344bf057196658&w=55&h=" height="23"> </a> </div> <div class="temperature-wrapper"> <span class="temperature-min">71°</span> <span class="temperature-max">/89°</span> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="day day-6"> <div> <p class="weather-day">Tue.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233952/http://www.washingtonpost.com/weather"> <img class="weather-image" alt="thunderstorms" 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src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233952im_/https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwp-stat.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fvg%2Fe58e8ea7712c843f81344bf057196658&w=55&h=" width="55"> </a> </div> </div> <div class="right-now-temps"> <div class="weather-factors"><div class="weather-titles left">Weather</div> <div class="weather-gray">Mostly Cloudy</div></div> <div class="weather-factors"><div class="weather-titles left">Wind</div> <div class="weather-gray"> South at 4.6 mph</div></div> <div class="weather-factors"><div class="weather-titles left">Heat Index</div> <div class="weather-gray"> 87 F</div></div> <div class="weather-factors"><div class="weather-titles left">Dew Point</div> <div class="weather-gray"> 69.1 F</div></div> <div class="weather-factors last-item"><div class="weather-titles left">Pressure</div> <div class="weather-gray"> 1011.0 mb</div></div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <p class="time">Last updated: Sep 3, 2015, 6:52 p.m.</p> </div> </div> <div id="iad" class="dropdown_item none"> <div class="container"> <div class="" style="height:58px;"> <div class="weather-temp-recap left"> <div class="temperature-f">88.0 °</div> <div class="temperature-c">(31.1° C)</div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233952/http://www.washingtonpost.com/weather"> <img class="weather-image" alt="partlycloudyday" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233952im_/https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwp-stat.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fvg%2Fe58e8ea7712c843f81344bf057196658&w=55&h=" width="55"> </a> </div> </div> <div class="right-now-temps"> <div class="weather-factors"><div class="weather-titles left">Weather</div> <div class="weather-gray">Mostly Cloudy</div></div> <div class="weather-factors"><div class="weather-titles left">Wind</div> <div class="weather-gray"> Northwest at 9.2 mph</div></div> <div class="weather-factors"><div class="weather-titles left">Heat Index</div> <div class="weather-gray"> 90 F</div></div> <div class="weather-factors"><div class="weather-titles left">Dew Point</div> <div class="weather-gray"> 64.9 F</div></div> <div class="weather-factors last-item"><div class="weather-titles left">Pressure</div> <div class="weather-gray"> 1010.9 mb</div></div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <p class="time">Last updated: Sep 3, 2015, 6:52 p.m.</p> </div> </div> <div id="bwi" class="dropdown_item none"> <div class="container"> <div class="" style="height:58px;"> <div class="weather-temp-recap left"> <div class="temperature-f">86.0 °</div> <div class="temperature-c">(30.0° C)</div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233952/http://www.washingtonpost.com/weather"> <img class="weather-image" alt="partlycloudyday" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233952im_/https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwp-stat.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fvg%2Fe58e8ea7712c843f81344bf057196658&w=55&h=" 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