Saudi Arabia, ƙasa da ake san ta da zafin rana da hamada, ta samu barafin zazzabi a yankin Al-Jawf, abin da ya zama abin mamaki ga mazauna yankin da masu zuwa yawon shakatawa.
Wannan shi ne karo na farko da aka taiko barafin zazzabi a yankin Al-Jawf, wanda ake san shi da yanayin zafi da bushewar hamada. Barafin zazzabi ya biyo bayan wasu kwanaki na ruwan sama da guguwa, wanda ya rufe yankin da tsaunuka da barafin zazzabi, lamarin da ya ja hankalin mazauna yankin da na duniya baki.
Taswirar yanayin barafin zazzabi a yankin hamada ta zama abin mamaki a shafukan sada zumunta, musamman a Twitter, inda mutane suka raba hotuna na mutane da ake kallon su a kaya na al’ada a bayanin barafin zazzabi, lamarin da ya nuna ban mamaki na abin da ya faru.
Wannan barafin zazzabi bai mamaki kawai mazauna yankin ba, har ma ya ja hankalin masana yanayin yanayi, waÉ—anda suke binciken yanayin yanayi na musamman da suka sa barafin zazzabi ya zama a yankin hamada. Masana sun bayyana cewa shirye-shirye na canza yanayi, kamar na cloud-seeding, ba su da nufin kawo barafin zazzabi, amma don karfafa ruwan sama a yankuna marasa ruwa.
Barafin zazzabi ya kuma ja cece-kuce game da canjin yanayin yanayi a yankin Middle East. Ko da barafin zazzabi ba abin mamaki bane a yankuna kamar Lebanon da Syria, wasu masana suna tambayar ko wannan abin da ya faru a Al-Jawf zai iya nuna canjin yanayin yanayi a yankin.
