A tropical high will intensify over the Kingdom, with temperatures reaching 40 degrees Celsius in the capital, Riyadh, at the end of the week.

Arab Weather - The latest weather maps from Arab Weather indicate an expected intensification of the tropical high pressure system over the coming days and weekend, with successive temperature rises expected across the region.

Temperatures reach 40 degrees Celsius in the capital, Riyadh, and exceed that in some areas.

Computer simulation data on the outputs of near-surface factors indicate that there is expected heating of the near-surface layers due to the intensification of the upper high over the Arabian Peninsula. Consequently, a thermal depression is expected to form, leading to a significant rise in temperatures, reaching 40 degrees Celsius in the capital, Riyadh, at the end of the week, and exceeding that in some western plains, eastern regions, and southern Saudi Arabia.

In the northern regions, it is expected to be affected by the extension of the hot air mass tomorrow, Wednesday, as temperatures rise significantly, reaching the late thirties in parts of the Al-Jouf region and the Northern Borders, and reaching the mid-thirties in the Hail region and the plains surrounding the Tabuk region, before dropping again at the end of the week due to the advance of a cooler air mass affecting the Levant on Thursday and Friday, which may lead to the emergence of some unstable weather conditions in the north of the Kingdom.