important | A severe cold wave begins to affect Saudi Arabia tonight and expands to include large areas at the end of the week

Arab weather - Sinan Khalaf - successive eruptions of very cold "polar origin" air masses towards the Kingdom, which will maintain zero degrees Celsius, and perhaps even lower than that in many regions of the Kingdom in the hours of the night and early morning, this is indicated by the latest weather reports that Issued this morning, Wednesday, January 19, 2022 AD.

A new polar rush towards Saudi Arabia

The collapse of the temperature back to below zero in large areas

In the details, it is expected that a very cold air mass of polar origin will begin to affect the northern sector of the Kingdom as of this evening, Wednesday. Zero in Tarif and Qurayyat, while it reaches zero in Tabuk.

Expected deepening of the cold mass Thursday and Friday

And direct effects of the cold mass on Hail, Qassim and Riyadh

It is expected that the cold mass will deepen and move southward on Thursday, to reduce temperatures in Hail below zero degrees Celsius, while it will be around zero in Qassim during the weekend, and it is expected that the cold mass will begin to affect the city of Riyadh from Thursday evening, So that the minimum temperature drops to 8 degrees Celsius, and the cold mass reaches its peak impact on Riyadh on Friday night, dawn and Saturday morning, with temperatures reaching the limits of 6 degrees Celsius only.

These cold weather require attention to:

• The necessity of using safe heating methods that do not cause fires or suffocation, God forbid
• It is necessary to wear winter clothes that are suitable for the cold wave in the Kingdom
• Pay attention to the high chances of colds, influenza, bone diseases and rheumatism
• Attention to the high possibility of frost formation and the occurrence of freezing and its negative impact on agricultural crops