Saudi Arabia: A cold air front crosses the Kingdom and brings rain to large areas at the end of the week, followed by a clear drop in temperature

Written By محمد عوينة on 2022/12/19

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.

Arab Weather - Specialists in the air operations department at the Arab Weather Regional Center for Meteorology and Weather Forecasts reported that drastic changes are expected to occur in the atmosphere in large areas of the Kingdom, starting from the end of this week. And according to the center, it is expected, God willing, to cross a highly effective cold air front that will cause rain in many regions, followed by a clear drop in temperature in most regions of the Kingdom.

And in the details, the weather on Thursday is expected to be generally stable in most areas with the appearance of quantities of medium and high clouds in some areas, and the opportunity is ripe for showers of rain in the morning hours on parts of the coasts of Makkah Al-Mukarramah, which are sometimes accompanied by the occurrence of thunder, and Towards the afternoon and evening hours, cumulus clouds multiply over the heights of Makkah Al-Mukarramah and the south of Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah region, and they are accompanied by showers of rain, and the speed of the southwest winds, which may raise dust in some desert areas, gradually increases.

With the night hours (Thursday/Friday), it is expected that temperatures will drop in the northern and northwestern regions due to the flow of cold winds in all layers of the atmosphere, and the opportunity will be ripe for showers of rain in parts of the Makkah Al-Mukarramah region and the south of the Medina region (including Including some coastal parts of the two regions) and the rain clouds extend gradually to the northwest of the Riyadh region administratively and reach Al-Qassim.

And according to the meteorologists at the Arab Weather Center, it is expected that - God willing - the Kingdom will be affected by the rainy situation on Friday, which is characterized by the spread of its impact on most regions of the Kingdom, so that it crosses what is called a high-efficiency cold air front, but it is slow in movement and crosses the Kingdom slowly, So that the rain falls on parts of the regions of Makkah Al-Mukarramah and Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, and gradually extends to Al-Qassim, Hail, east of the northern borders, Hafar Al-Batin, and the north of the Riyadh region, and later it spreads to several parts of the Riyadh and Eastern regions (especially the northern parts of the two regions), and it is expected that The rains will be medium to heavy, and it is feared that torrents will form and valleys will flow into the foothills and mountain slopes during the crossing of this cold front, as a result of expectations of a high rate of rain at that time.

God knows.

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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