Marrakech under snow? The incredible image of the ochre city becoming white in the middle of April!

Streets whitened as far as the eye can see and stunned residents. This is the unlikely image that has invaded the web this Friday, April 10th. While the videos suggested a polar setting, the General Directorate of Meteorology (DGM) specifies that it was actually an intense hailstorm. This phenomenon surprised the imperial city, usually prized for its permanent sunshine, causing significant slowdowns on the road network.

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This stormy episode is explained by the encounter between a mass of warm air at ground level and a "cold drop" stationed at altitude. This brutal thermal contrast favored the development of powerful storm clouds, the cumulonimbus, capable of producing these balls of ice in record time. However, the DGM tempers the exceptional nature of the event, recalling that these atmospheric instabilities are frequent during the spring in Morocco.

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The disturbance also affected the neighboring provinces, placing a dozen territories on orange alert. While the situation has returned to normal in Marrakech, the local authorities maintain a call for caution, particularly in the province of Al Haouz where real snowfall is expected in the mountainous area. A stinging reminder that Moroccan weather remains unpredictable, even as summer approaches.