Accompanied by rain and snow, extremely cold polar air masses are pushing towards a number of Arab countries this week.

Weather experts are monitoring the latest outputs of numerical models available through the Arab Weather application, indicating the possibility that a number of Arab countries will be affected during the current week by unstable weather and chances of rain and snow, accompanied by lightning, thunder and surface wind activity. These weather fluctuations include parts of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Lebanon, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE.

It is accompanied by heavy rain and snow on high mountains.

Extremely cold polar air masses are pushing towards North Africa

In detail, the Arab countries in North Africa are expected to be affected by several low-pressure systems, coinciding with the influx of very cold, polar air masses, which will cause varying amounts of rain to fall on several days this week in parts of Morocco and Algeria, with a high chance of heavy snowfall at times on the high mountains.

Rain is also expected in large parts of Tunisia, as well as some coastal areas in northern Libya, coinciding with a sharp and significant drop in temperatures.

It is accompanied by lightning and thunder.

Rain is expected along the Levant coast on Tuesday.

In the Levant region, a low-pressure system is expected to form west of Cyprus, which is expected to push rain clouds towards the Lebanese coast, accompanied by lightning and thunder. Rain will also affect parts of the Syrian and Palestinian coasts to a limited extent, while Jordan will be far from these rain clouds.

Limited local rainfall in some Gulf countries

As for the Gulf Arab states, most of their regions are expected to be affected by generally stable weather, with the exception of limited parts of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, which may witness cloud formation and limited local showers of rain on Sunday. There is also a possibility of local showers of rain over limited parts of western Saudi Arabia in the last days of the week, and God knows best.