Extensive snow cover visible on the Atlas Mountains in North Africa on
this satellite image:


http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/pdus/BV/...81200BV1_g.jpg

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Norman.
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Norman,

Similar NOAA image from 0235 today:

http://tinyurl.com/84q8t

Note also snow cover in southern Spain.

Karl Cooper, Orkney

Norman - I've been in those mountains in January, and they _do_ get a
surprising amount of snow most winters ...!

There is a very upmarket ski resort in the mountains of Morocco - no,
I'm not joking - apparently the biggest danger there is not broken
bones but skin cancer owing to very strong UV at high altitude and
relatively low latitude. The contrast between crisp icy snow, deep blue
skies and a high solar elevation makes for marvellous photographs.

Stephen

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Cooper writes
Norman,

Similar NOAA image from 0235 today:

http://tinyurl.com/84q8t

Note also snow cover in southern Spain.

Karl Cooper, Orkney

Yes indeed. The Sierra Nevada reach about 10,000 feet there and get a
thick covering in most winters.

There's also snow to be seen on the imagery on the mountain peaks
between Tebessa and Batna in extreme NE Algeria, near the Tunisian
border. The highest peaks there are about 7,600 feet.

Mount Etna on Sicily appears to be well covered.

Norman.
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