Important - Saudi Arabia | An alert of downwinds, dust waves, and thunderstorms on a large scale on Thursday..Details

Written By سنان خلف on 2023/05/17

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.

Weather of Arabia - Specialists in the "Arab Regional Weather Center" expected that large parts of the Kingdom would be affected on Thursday, God willing, by "unusual" weather fluctuations that are strong and wide, accompanied by medium and heavy rains, thunderstorms and hail showers.

 

Warning of expected rain in 8 regions

Strong downward winds and dust storms accompanying thunderclouds

 

It is expected that the opportunity will gradually be created on Thursday for moderate to heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms on the heights of Jizan, Asir and Al-Baha , in addition to the eastern parts of the Makkah Al-Mukarramah region. And some cumulus clouds extend to the south of Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah region and separate parts of Riyadh, Al-Qassim and Al-Sharqiya, with mostly moderate rains accompanied by strong downward winds that lead to the occurrence of dust waves in some areas.

 

The specialists attributed the Kingdom’s unusual exposure to these weather fluctuations as a result of the deepening of the depression in the upper layers of the atmosphere over the Kingdom’s atmosphere at the end of the week, in conjunction with the flow of quantities of tropical water vapor to the region, so that the influence of cumulus clouds intensifies and expands, which is accompanied by rains of varying intensity and winds. active and detonators.

 

Thunderstorms renewed in some areas on Friday

 

And the rain will renew on Friday on the southwestern highlands, in addition to separate parts of Riyadh and the eastern region, and it may affect limited parts in general from the northern borders and Al-Qassim, God willing.

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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