Watch: a 3D visualization of the towering cumulonimbus cloud that affected Riyadh

Written By محمد عوينة on 2023/03/15

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">Weather of Arabia - Several neighborhoods of the capital, Riyadh, were affected this afternoon, Wednesday 3-15-2023, by a tall cumulus cell, which was accompanied by heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms and heavy hail.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> And satellite images that were received and processed at the Arab Weather Center showed the high altitude that the cumulus cloud reached, and that the temperature of the top of the cell reached approximately (-65) degrees Celsius, which is an indication of the intensity of its vertical depth. The cell at this stage is accompanied by fast descending and rising air currents, the occurrence of thunderstorms, and heavy rains accompanied by hail.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> On a related note, some governorates in the north of the eastern region are also witnessing strong cumulus clouds, which are accompanied by heavy rains and thunderstorms.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></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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