Riyadh | Rare and unusual thunderstorms starting from Saturday, may be associated with sandstorms!

Update | Friday 7/16/2021 PM - 3:25 PM

Arab weather - Sinan Khalaf - as of Saturday, and unusually, the Riyadh region, including the capital, is affected by unstable and unusual weather conditions for this time of the year. It is expected that thunder showers of rain, God willing, may be preceded by sandstorms!

Thunderstorms expected in the city of Riyadh

It is accompanied by downward winds and possibly transmitted dust waves

In the details, the latest outputs of the computer simulations of weather systems and rain forecasts indicate that the Riyadh region, including the capital, is affected by weather fluctuations that are considered the best in years compared to this time of the year, as it is expected to be affected by an air mass with high humidity coming from the Arabian Sea, working to create conditions Unstable weather, concentrated on the southern parts of the Riyadh region, but it extends to include the city of Riyadh at intervals, in the period between the afternoon and evening of Saturday until the evening of Monday.

The nature of this expected weather condition takes on a local character, so that cumulus thunder clouds form randomly in the sky of the capital and its surrounding areas, and some neighborhoods and roads in the city of Riyadh may witness rain, while neighboring neighborhoods and roads are witnessing an atmosphere that is closer to stable.

It is also usually associated with the activity of the descending currents resulting from the activity of cumulus thunderclouds, which in turn may create dust waves from time to time, limiting the horizontal visibility.

Arabia Weather recommends the residents of Riyadh and the surrounding areas the following:

• Be aware of the intensity of the downward air currents associated with thunderstorms
• The abundance of rain that will take a local character so that it will be heavy in limited ranges only
• Sand storms and dust waves that may rush towards the capital due to downward winds associated with thunderstorms in the surrounding areas