Observing a new sandstorm on Sunday evening, emanating from eastern Syria, and expected effects on Iraq and the Arabian Gulf again.

Written By هشام جمال on 2022/05/19

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 - The weather maps processed by the Arab Regional Weather Center indicate active westerly to northwesterly winds blowing over most regions of Syria on Sunday afternoon and evening. / hour, which will form a strong sandstorm in eastern Syrian territory, Sunday afternoon and evening.

Sandstorm heading towards Iraq at night

Strong northwest winds will blow over Iraq with the evening hours and Sunday night, especially in the northern and western regions, and will move the dense sandstorm to the northern and western regions of Iraq, specifically north of Anbar, Salah al-Din and Nineveh governorates, and according to air maps, the sandstorm will complete its way on Monday towards the rest of the regions. Central and southern Iraq, including the capital, Baghdad, where the weather is dusty and there is a significant decrease in the range of horizontal visibility that may reach the point of zero.

Monitoring the arrival of dust to Kuwait and northern Saudi Arabia

The weather forecast cadre monitors moderate-speed northwest winds that are active on Mondays. The northwest winds move dust transported from Iraq towards Kuwait, causing a significant decrease in the range of horizontal visibility, especially in the interior regions, and the dust gradually extends towards northern and central Saudi Arabia.

Dust reaches Qatar and Bahrain

With the direction of the wind, it is expected that the dust will gradually reach Qatar and Bahrain during the night of Monday / Tuesday and the dawn of Tuesday, especially, God willing.

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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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