Saudi Arabia's meteorological department forecasts a new rainy spell affecting nine regions starting Friday.

Written By سنان خلف on 2026/01/22

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.

Arab Weather - The National Center for Meteorology expects several regions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to be affected by a new rainy weather system, which can be described as the widest and most comprehensive since the beginning of this year, starting from tomorrow, Friday, and continuing, God willing, until Sunday.

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Numerical models predict good rainfall.

It is sometimes accompanied by lightning, thunder, and hail.

The latest analyses of the Saudi numerical model and other numerical models available through the Arab Weather application indicate that clouds will gradually increase and showers will begin to fall starting from the morning hours of Friday in parts of Tabuk, Al-Jawf and the Northern Borders, increasing in intensity and expanding to include parts of Medina in the afternoon, and continuing in the same areas until Saturday morning with varying intensity.

The rainy weather system will intensify and expand on Saturday.

Starting from the morning hours of Saturday, a belt of rain clouds will form, extending from the coasts of Tabuk and Medina between Yanbu and Al Wajh, and extending rapidly in the afternoon and evening hours towards Hail, Rafha and parts of the Hafr Al Batin region, so that these areas will witness rainfall of varying intensity and volume, accompanied by lightning, thunder and possibly hail showers, in addition to surface wind activity.

During the night hours of Saturday, rain clouds will move towards the Makkah region, parts of Qassim and the Riyadh region, in addition to the northern parts of the Eastern Province and Hafr Al-Batin, with rain falling from time to time.

And God knows best.

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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