A scorching air mass is positioned east of the Kingdom and is slowly moving west. Will it deepen significantly, causing a heat wave in the coming days?

Arab Weather - Meteorologists at Arab Weather are monitoring the continued presence of hot air near the region as it advances toward the Kingdom at varying rates, causing occasional temperature spikes.

This hot air accompanies an extremely hot air mass positioned over Iraq and the northeastern Arabian Peninsula. It is expected to approach the Kingdom later this week, amid expectations of a return to higher temperatures.

Will the hot air deepen, causing a heat wave this weekend?

Weather forecasters say that hot air is expected to approach the Kingdom at the end of this week, with temperatures gradually rising across the Kingdom, with the weather set to range from relatively hot to very hot, God willing. Temperatures in the capital, Amman, are expected to range between 33-36 degrees Celsius, and exceed 40 degrees Celsius in the Jordan Valley and Aqaba.

Experts add that current weather map readings do not indicate that the weather system has developed into a heat wave, as the deepening of the hot air mass is clearly concentrated in the eastern parts of the Kingdom, while the western parts remain under the influence of cooler air currents. One of the conditions for a heat wave is for temperatures to exceed their general average by more than 5 degrees Celsius for five days or more, which is something that is not expected to happen, and God knows best.

Moreover, God willing, during the mentioned period, the effect of the hot air is expected to decrease at night, so that the weather will remain pleasant in the evening and during the night hours, and the winds will be northwesterly and moderate in speed, which will further moderate the weather.