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Countries getting snowfall[edit]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Countries_receiving_snowfall.png%7C%7CCountries receiving snowfall

Is there any source that shows which part of the country that receives the snow for example, which part of Egypt gets snow, which part of Chad receives now and etc?Donmust90 (talk) 01:37, 15 October 2021 (UTC)Donmust90Donmust90 (talk) 01:37, 15 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Courtesy link: commons:File:Countries_receiving_snowfall.png.-gadfium 04:10, 15 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Donmust90. When thinking about snowfall in countries considered "hot", always think about the highest mountains. In the case of Egypt, the highest peak is Mount Catherine in the southern Sinai. And, here is a news report about snowfall on that mountain. We think of New Guinea as tropical, but Mount Wilhelm there gets snowfall quite often. It is the highest peak in Oceania. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 04:33, 15 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

As for Chad, its highest peak is Emi Koussi, and that article includes a photo of its crater, with a snowfield, at about 11,000 feet above sea level. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 05:41, 15 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

For Turkey, large parts of the country towards the East are yearly covered in snow for three to four months, during which many villages are inaccessible. On the other hand, snowfall along its Mediterranean border is almost unheard of; the climate there is not different from that of Cyprus. It's easy to find world maps of annual precipitation or rainfall that disregard national borders and I guess there are such maps for annual snowfall as well, but I could not readily find any. See also an earlier question: Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/2010 July 15 § Snow in Asia. --Lambiam 06:08, 15 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, lies only three degrees south of the equator, and has permanent glaciers and regular snowfall on its peaks. Similarly, other mountains or mountain ranges that cross the tropics have permanent or regular snowfall, notably much of the Andes Mountains. --Jayron 32 12:17, 15 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

From which country is this journalist?[edit]

CJ Werleman is American, Canadian, or British? Where is he located, in which city? He has a verified account on Twitter. https://twitter.com/cjwerleman/status/1448568449949593603 — Preceding unsigned comment added by BladeSummers (talk • contribs) 06:22, 15 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Typing the exact name you gave into Google suggest he's Australian or Australian-American: [1]. He works on topics relevant to the middle east, but also writes for Australian news papers, such as the Sydney Morning Herald. --Jayron 32 12:12, 15 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

He has has own YouTube channel: The CJ Werleman Show. He has what I think is an Australian accent. Many of his publications, including books, advocate atheism or polemize against the far-right. These are generally US-centric, so a reasonable assumption is that he is US-based. --Lambiam 06:49, 16 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I found this: CJ Werleman; Nationality: Australian; Role: Author; Name: CJ Werleman; Occupation: Journalist, author, commentator; Website: http://www.cjwerleman.com/; Residence: Southern California, California, United States; [...] Courtenay J. Werleman (born 18 June 1973) is an Australian born atheist author, columnist, and U.S political and social commentator. He is a critic of both the Christian right and New Atheists as well as the influence of corporatist politics and social inequality.^[2] --Lambiam 20:57, 16 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

His middle name appears to be John.^{[3], p.207} TAS stands for The Armidale School. --Lambiam 21:20, 16 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]