Arab world: Thunderstorms, hail, and lightning expected in 12 Arab countries this week

2026-04-12 2026-04-12T12:50:04Z
سنان خلف
سنان خلف
محرر أخبار جوية- قسم التواصل الاجتماعي

Arab Weather - The latest outputs of computer modeling and analyses by the weather forecasting team at Arab Weather indicate that many Arab countries will be affected during the current week by unstable weather conditions, accompanied, God willing, by rainfall accompanied by lightning, thunder and thunderstorms , and hail showers in 12 Arab countries, in addition to surface wind activity that stirs up dust and sand.

It is accompanied by lightning, thunder, and thunderbolts.

Thunderstorms continue across large parts of the Arabian Peninsula.

In the Arabian Peninsula region , the National Center for Meteorology in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia confirmed that the spring rainy weather will continue to affect several parts of the Kingdom during the current week, with cumulonimbus clouds becoming active daily, and showers of rain falling, sometimes heavy thunderstorms accompanied by lightning, thunder and thunder, concentrated in the southwest, west and center of the Kingdom at the beginning, then moving later towards the northern parts by the end of the week.

The western highlands of Yemen continue to be affected by the same weather fluctuations, with the activity of cumulonimbus clouds and rainfall renewed daily over the western parts of the country, especially the mountainous areas.

Relatively stable, temporary weather in the Levant

Followed by a period of atmospheric instability at the end of the week

As for the Levant, relatively stable weather conditions are expected to prevail temporarily, before a state of atmospheric instability begins on Friday evening, encompassing large parts of Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. These unstable weather conditions will be accompanied by the appearance of large amounts of clouds and rainfall of varying intensity and volume, along with lightning, thunder and active winds that will stir up dust and sand.

A low-pressure system brings heavy rain to Tunisia and Algeria.

Forecasts indicate that North African countries will be affected by a low-pressure system during the first half of the week, bringing thunderstorms to Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, sometimes heavy, especially in Algeria and Tunisia, accompanied by hail showers on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Starting Thursday, the chances of rain will decrease in these areas and move in a limited way towards parts of northern Libya and Egypt.

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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