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

https://twitter.com/althecat/status/1383066262708830211

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.

https://twitter.com/althecat/status/1383497287138037760?s=20

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.

https://twitter.com/brq_altaif/status/1383464493229903884?s=20

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

https://twitter.com/Arab_Storms/status/1383506141976559616?s=20

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.]

https://twitter.com/tqqs/status/863515746051162112?s=20