Saudi Arabia | Thunderstorms and hail showers on Saturday and Sunday in large areas of the Kingdom

Written By سنان خلف on 2020/11/05

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 weather forecast staff in Arab Weather confirmed that large areas of the Kingdom were affected on Saturday and Sunday by unstable weather conditions, accompanied by heavy thunderstorms and showers of hail.

The prevailing air system in the region

In the details, a cold upper basin rushes from the eastern Mediterranean towards the north of the Red Sea, in conjunction with the blowing of warm and humid southern currents from the south of the Red Sea, where these two blocks meet over the area extending from the coast of Jeddah to the northern border region through the highlands of Makkah Al-Mukarramah and the western region of Riyadh, Qassim and Hail, where these areas will witness a state of air instability and an opportunity for thunderstorms of rain of varying intensity.

Areas covered by rain forecasts on Saturday and Sunday

It is expected, God willing, that the opportunity will be ready on Saturday and Sunday for thunderstorms of rain to fall on the city of Jeddah, especially in the hours of dawn and morning, and with the afternoon and evening hours, the opportunities for rain will move to include parts of Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Taif, Al-Baha, Asir and east of the Medina region, in addition to parts of Hail And the northern borders, and northwestern Al-Qassim region, where the precipitation is sometimes heavy and may be accompanied by hail in some areas, and some sporadic rain is possible on the coast of Jizan at dawn on Sunday.

An important link to follow the movement of thunderstorms in the sky of the Kingdom

According to current indicators, it is expected that the intensity of the weather fluctuations will be between light and medium in terms of intensity in general, but it may be strong in narrow ranges below the cumulonimbus thunderstorms, and ArabiaWeather will update you with all new updates in continuous updates.

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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