Saudi Arabia | Arab weather warns of severe thunderstorms associated with downwinds and hailstorms in these areas

Update | Friday 4/16/2021 12:00 pm

Weather of Arabia - Sinan Khalaf - God willing, it is expected that the unstable weather conditions will be severely affected by the Kingdom this Friday, so that the rains will become more intense and comprehensive, affecting all of the western and southwestern highlands of the Kingdom, and parts of the Riyadh, Hail and Qassim regions.

Thunderstorms have a strong impact

Warning of heavy rain and intense cold showers in these areas

The projections indicate the possibility of forming strong thundercloud hotspots, which are characterized by abundant precipitation and the intensity of hail showers that may accumulate. It is expected that these foci will be concentrated in the eastern parts of the regions of Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Taif and Medina, in addition to the western parts of the regions of Hail and Qassim, and the western parts of Administratively, the Riyadh region is “Afif and Al-Dawadmi,” and it is not unlikely that all the aforementioned regions will be affected by local dust storms resulting from downwinds before the rains.

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Important recommendations during the weather

• Attention by the intensity of thunderstorms
• Attention from the abundance of rain and the risk of flash floods
• Attention from the intensity of downward winds and flying objects
• Attention to the risk of low or no horizontal visibility due to dust