This time-lapse video shows the Dubai sky turning green like it’s from a science fiction film
An unprecedented downpour earlier this week severely damaged Dubai’s well developed infrastructure. In only a few days, a downpour that lashed Dubai on April 15, 16, and 17 exceeded the UAE’s annual rainfall average. The downpour forced the closure of Dubai Airport, inundated shopping centers, and carried automobiles off the highways. This was the most rainfall the UAE has seen in the previous 75 years, which led to mayhem in the city and raised concerns about climate change globally. The improbable rains have been dubbed “a historic weather event” by the state-run weather bureau in the UAE.
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Numerous videos from the city drenched in rain are making the rounds on social media. A time-lapse video of Dubai’s sky becoming green is now trending on social media. The movie demonstrates how, as the precipitation becomes stronger, the initially gray sky changes to a hazy green. This dark-looking footage seems like it belongs in a science fiction movie. On April 17, a user on X posted the video and commented, “Dubai’s sky turns green! Real-time video from today’s storm in Dubai. More than one lakh people have seen the 23-second video.
An X user commented on it, saying, “For quite some time now. Dubai has been attempting to produce a meteorological miracle. I believe they just understood.
A lot of individuals also mentioned how a green sky often portends an impending thunderstorm or tornado. “That’s supercell, tornado color,” an X user said. In the southern US deserts, I have seen it.
Someone another said, “The sky isn’t green. Where I reside, in tornado valley, it usually indicates big hail, strong winds, and tornadoes.”
Before violent storms struck Sioux Falls, the sky in South Dakota, USA, became a vivid green color back in July of 2022. A thunderstorm accompanied by strong gusts and almost three inches of rain fell on the Sioux Falls area.
When a thunderstorm or rainfall occurs, a process known as virescence causes the sky to become green. When the reddish light of the dawn or twilight sky combines with the blue light-reflecting water droplets seen in rain clouds, virescence takes place. According to EarthSky, virescence “only occurs if the cloud is very deep, which generally only occurs in thunderstorm clouds or those are the kinds of storms that may produce hail and tornadoes,” according to research meteorologist Scott Bachmeier of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It is crucial to remember that tornadoes do not always emerge when the sky becomes green.
