Saudi Arabia A case of air instability in the western region as of Thursday

Written By وائل حكيم on 2020/05/13

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.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Arab weather -</strong> begins gradually, and starting from Thursday, the western and northwestern regions of the Kingdom are affected by a state of air instability as a result of the deposition of an air depression over Egyptian lands, which pushes a hot and humid air mass towards the Red Sea region, western Saudi Arabia, eastern Egypt and Sudan. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Medium-height clouds multiply in the west of the Kingdom, specifically over Tabuk, Medina, Makkah, Taif and southwestern highlands. Scattered showers of thunderstorms occur in the afternoon and Thursday evening, when they are generally light in intensity. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> On Friday, it is expected that the state of air instability will include more areas to cover all of Tabuk, the southern Al-Jawf, the west of Hail, and Al-Qassim, in addition to Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, the Makkah Al-Mukarramah region, Taif, and the southwestern highlands, and will be of medium severity in limited ranges. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Thunderstorms are actively associated with the exciting wind speeds of dust and dust, and thus the low level of horizontal visibility in the impact areas of thunderstorms on Thursday and Friday. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The temperature rises significantly in Tabuk, Medina, and the whole northwestern region of Saudi Arabia as a result of the influence of those areas with a hot air mass coming from the east of the African continent. </p>

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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