Saudi Weekly | Beginning of a stable week and a severe cold wave from Wednesday evening

Written By وائل حكيم on 2021/01/16

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.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><strong>Arab Weather</strong> - The current week begins with stable weather throughout the Kingdom&#39;s regions due to the control of an air system with high air pressure values, as clear weather prevails in all regions with a clear variation in temperatures from day to day.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>A high temperature in Riyadh at the beginning of the week and a decrease in the middle of the week</strong></h3><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The weather will be warm throughout the western, central and eastern regions on Sunday and Monday, as warm southerly currents blow on these areas that raise the temperatures to be in the mid-twenties in the capital Riyadh, but the weather remains relatively cold in the northern region.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> On Tuesday, the relatively cold air mass moves from the north of the Kingdom towards the center and east of the country, where temperatures will slightly decrease to around their levels for this time of the year with the continuation of stable conditions in all regions.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>A polar air mass and a severe cold wave at the weekend, including the capital, Riyadh</strong></h3><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> It is expected that it will rush towards the eastern Mediterranean, the Levant and the north of the Kingdom, a polar air mass of origin coming from eastern Europe on Wednesday, as temperatures drop significantly and sharply in the north of the Kingdom, and very cold weather prevails, especially at night. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/uploads-2020/144-9EEA7AF7EF.jpg" style="width: 800px; height: 451px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> As of Wednesday / Thursday night, cold air spreads throughout the north and center of the Kingdom, temperatures are below zero degrees Celsius in large areas at night until the end of the week, with high chances of frost and ice forming in the regions of Al-Jawf, Tobak, the northern borders, Hail, Al-Qassim, the heights of Medina and up to Until the capital, Riyadh.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>

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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