Next week .. cold wave hit the northern region and work to intensify and widen the rainy situation Ghaith

Arab Weather - Eng. NASSER HADDAD - A cold wave is deepening in northern Saudi Arabia this week, and the weather is increasing dramatically so that the nighttime atmosphere is not suitable for outdoor sessions and the use of means of heating and warm clothes is necessary, and works to increase the chances of rain and spread over large areas of south, central and east Kingdom including Riyadh.

A new rainy condition began on Thursday, November 14, 2019, with the name of Ghaith named by the Climate Nomenclature Committee (nomenclature).

The Siberian cold high stretches for the first time this season

In detail, a cold air mass accompanying the so-called Siberian cold high is expected to burst on Saturday evening, November 16, and increasingly during the new week, leading to:

• First: a significant drop in temperature to near zero Celsius and possibly on parts of the northern region, especially the northern border and later mid-week include parts of Al-Jawf and Hail, and winds blowing north to northeasterly moderate speed sometimes active and raise dust and dust in some areas in parts of the north and north West may include the coasts of Tabuk.

Temperatures near zero Celsius with early morning hours of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in parts of the northern border, including Arar, Turaif and parts of Al-Jawf, and be around 5 degrees Celsius and perhaps lower in large areas, especially east of Tabuk and Pan-Jouf and northern borders and parts of Hail and Rafha, especially on Tuesday And Wednesday.

Arab weather advises the need to take caution due to the coolness of the atmosphere at night, and the use of means of heating and wearing warm clothes suitable for this atmosphere, especially with the hours of evening, night and morning, in order to avoid the disease and cold cold, God forbid.

• Secondly, thunderstorms and rains intensify on parts of the north, central and east of the Kingdom, starting from Al-Jawf and the northern borders at the weekend, and gradually extending to the whole of the northern, eastern and northern central regions, and later during the middle of the week, the intensity of rainfall in the central region, including Riyadh.

Get to know the weather in Riyadh

In the capital Riyadh, sporadic showers of rain continue from time to time in the coming days, intensifying and becoming thunderstorm as the water bodies gradually form Tuesday and Wednesday 16 and 20 November 2019.

Weather in southwest Saudi Arabia

In the south-west of the Kingdom, thunderstorms of varying intensity will continue to fall on these areas, God willing, which will be more abundant over the highlands and some devour, including Taif and Mecca.

During the middle and the end of the week, thunderstorms in the southwest region, including the coasts, are intensified because of the cold mass extending towards the eastern slopes of southwest Saudi Arabia, converging with very wet currents from the south and west, increasing the chances of flood formation including highlands, western slopes and coasts. God willing, it may include Abha and Mahayil Asir.