The most important weather features associated with the effect of a strong, exhausting and long-lasting heat wave!

Weather of Arabia - entered the Kingdom from Saturday (August 29, 2020) within the impact of a strong, exhausting and long heat wave caused by the gradual effect of a very hot air mass rushing from the desert of the Arabian Peninsula towards the Levant and its effect increases on Sunday and Monday and continues to affect throughout the current week at least

The most important atmospheric features associated with the effect of a strong, exhausting and long-lasting heat wave:

Great temperature rise

• Temperatures are much higher than usual for this time of year .
• The weather turns hot and dry in general in most regions, and very hot in the Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea, the Gulf of Aqaba and the Badia regions .
• With the deepening of the hot mass on Sunday and Monday, the weather turns to become extremely hot in the afternoon and afternoon hours in most regions and temperatures are around 40 degrees Celsius in many Jordanian villages and cities, including the capital, Amman .
• The weather is very hot during all hours of the day in the Jordan Valley, Bahralmit and Aqaba regions, in addition to the Badia regions, and temperatures there exceed 45 degrees Celsius, and it may approach 50 degrees Celsius in some areas of the Middle Valley on Sunday .
• Hot and stifling weather at night and temperatures much higher than normal at night .

Dry weather

The weather will be dry and hot, with low surface humidity and hot dry weather during the day, while the weather will be warm to relatively hot and also dry with the night hours during the current week; The fact that the heat mass affecting the Kingdom and causing the heat wave from a desert source from the Arabian Peninsula.

It is noteworthy that a very hot air mass is gradually pushing from the desert of the Arabian Peninsula towards the Levant, including the Kingdom, which will lead to a tangible rise in temperatures from Saturday, intensifying Sunday, and temperatures become much higher than their usual rates for such a time of year. The weather is expected to turn hot and dry in general in most regions, and very hot in the Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea, the Gulf of Aqaba and the Badia regions.

Details of the heat wave affecting the Kingdom through:

A strong, exhausting and long heat wave that starts on Saturday and gradually intensifies Sunday and Monday may be associated with unprecedented values.