Jordan - Ministry of Water and Irrigation: The general rainfall increased to 53%, and the storage of dams reached 85 million cubic meters, or 30%.

Written By طقس العرب on 2023/02/02

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

Weather of Arabia - The Ministry of Water and Irrigation / Jordan Valley Authority said that the volume of rain falling during the current rainy season rose to 52.7% of the general average, and that the volume of rain that entered the dams and the flow of valleys during the past 24 hours amounted to about 4 million cubic meters concentrated in The northern dams, especially the King Talal Dam, raise the storage therein to 85 million cubic meters, or 30.29% of its storage capacity of 280.7 million cubic meters, and the highest precipitation rate recorded during the past 24 hours in Irbid governorate amounted to 51 mm.

 

The amounts of rain that entered the dams during the past hours:

The Jordan Valley Authority indicated that the northern dams received about 4 million cubic meters during the past hours, concentrated in:

As for the southern dams, only 14,000 m3 entered the Mujib dam, and only 8.5 thousand m3 in the Karak dam, while no quantities entered the other southern dams.

 

The amounts of rain recorded during the past 24 hours in Jordan:

Regarding rainfall, it showed that the average precipitation in the capital, Amman, recorded 26.8 mm during the past 24 hours, concentrated in:

In Al-Balqa, it recorded an average of 11.8 mm, the highest in:

In Madaba governorate, the rate was 9.4 mm, the highest in:

In Zarqa Governorate, the rate was 6.7 mm, the highest in:

In Jerash governorate, the rate was 21.3 mm, the highest in:

In Mafraq Governorate, the highest rate was recorded at 6.2 mm

In Irbid governorate, it recorded an average of 21.5 mm, the highest in:

In Ajloun governorate, it was 26.4 mm, the highest in:

In Karak Governorate, the average was 2.4 mm, the highest in

In Tafila governorate, the average was 0.4 mm, the highest in

In Ma'an governorate, the average was 0.6 mm, the highest in

In Aqaba governorate, the rate was 0.1 mm, the highest in

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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