Thread by @althecat

#RamadanRain in the @HolyKaaba did not happen last night. But it looks like it may very well happen tonight. The leading edge of a line of thunderstorms is already over Mecca / Makkah. You can watch a live camera inside the Kaaba here >> makkahlive.net/tvcamera.aspx

Here is the weather radar imagery, and a map of the @HolyKaaba to orient what you are looking at. weatherwx.com/radar-int/sa/m… # مكة # مطر # رمضان #ArabianStorms /2

Here's a wider angle version of the animation. After sundown the storm intensified dramatically. This animation starts. At 16.45 and ends 18.45 local time (now 17.16).
#مكة #مطر #رمضان
#Ramadan #RamadanKareem2021 #RamadanRain

The rain is very close now.

Here's a slow motion version.

There is still a huge area of #ArabianStorms out there tonight #StaySafe on those roads.

These photos (HT @Arab_Storms) show the scale of the hail storm in Taif earlier in the day. Taif is south and East of Mecca.

And here is yet another Saudi Arabian Desert Road passing as a European mountain pass in a blizzard.

And finally (this video is from May 2017) some video of a rain shower in the @HolyKaaba in Mecca.

[Video Credit to @tqqs a superb account to also see up to date videos of the storm activity - floods, hail, torrential rain in #KSA at the moment.]