A cold wave caused by the rush of a very cold polar air mass will cover 13 Arab countries in the last week of February.

Issued by the Arab Weather Regional Center, weather experts at the Arab Weather Center said that several Arab countries in the eastern Mediterranean and North Africa will be affected, God willing, by a very cold polar air mass starting from Saturday, and will deepen, God willing, at the beginning and middle of next week, leading to a sharp drop in temperatures reaching below zero degrees Celsius in several regions, especially the Levant, Iraq, and northern Saudi Arabia.

A very cold polar air mass is rushing into the eastern Mediterranean and is taking a semi-continental path, which means that it is accompanied by high atmospheric pressure values.

In detail, God willing, in the coming days, large areas of the eastern basin of the Mediterranean Sea will be affected by a polar air mass of very cold origin that will follow a semi-dry path, which means that most of its path is continental and accompanied by very high atmospheric pressure values. The effects of the polar air mass will begin on the Levant, Iraq, and northern Saudi Arabia, reaching its center and east, in addition to Kuwait, leading to a sharp drop in temperatures, especially at the beginning and middle of next week. The weather will become cold during the day, while it will turn very cold at night, with temperatures dropping below zero degrees Celsius and a state of ice and freezing, especially in the Levant, Iraq, northern Saudi Arabia, and parts of western Kuwait.

The effects of the very cold polar winds are not limited to these countries only, but it is expected, God willing, that the polar cold will reach Egypt and Libya, but with less intensity, which will cause a gradual and noticeable drop in temperatures in the coming days, and the atmosphere will turn to become very cold during the day and very cold at night with the winds being active at times, which will increase the feeling of coldness.

Cold wave extends to Bahrain, Qatar and the Emirates in the second half of next week

As the very cold air mass moves east, its effects will extend to Qatar and Bahrain in the second half of next week, reaching the UAE, causing a clear and rapid drop in temperatures, with relatively cold to cold weather prevailing during the day in Qatar and Bahrain and tending to be cold in the UAE, while it becomes remarkably cold at night, with significant and noticeable activity in the speed of the northwesterly winds, which double the feeling of coldness and work to stir up dust in the interior regions and turbulent seas near the coasts in the depths of the Arabian Gulf.

We advise you to follow the weather updates first hand through the Arab Weather website and application and to follow the expected temperatures continuously. We at Arab Weather will provide you with more details in the coming days, God willing.

And God knows best.