Jordan: Will a heat dome affect Jordan this June?

Arab Weather - Meteorologists at the Arab Weather Regional Center said that the heat dome phenomenon begins to increase with the onset of summer. A heat dome is a weather phenomenon that occurs when high atmospheric pressure builds up over a specific area, trapping hot air in the lower layers of the atmosphere. This results in a significant rise in temperatures. This phenomenon may persist for several days, leading to intense heat waves.

Will the heat dome affect Jordan and the Levant in the coming period?

The effects of the heat dome have recently receded from the skies of Jordan and the Levant, thankfully, due to the shape of the weather systems prevailing in the Northern Hemisphere. The latest outputs from numerical computer models, which simulate the movement of air masses and weather systems in the Northern Hemisphere, particularly Europe and the Levant, indicate that the shape of the weather systems appears striking, as a result of the flow of upper troughs with lower temperatures across the European continent toward the eastern basin of the Mediterranean Sea.

Upper air systems coming from Eastern Europe are shifting the upper subtropical high eastward, causing heat waves and the heat dome to move away from the Levant and Jordan, thankfully. Therefore, temperatures are not expected to be significantly below normal, despite their rise in some periods.

Will the heat dome return to Jordan in the near future?

Meteorologists at the Arab Weather Center said that current weather patterns do not indicate a heat dome will form over the Kingdom in the near future. Forecasts indicate that temperatures will remain within normal summer ranges, with some temperatures rising during certain periods.

And God knows best.