The scientific reasons behind the violent weather that affected Makkah Al-Mukarramah on Tuesday 8-22-2023

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Weather of Arabia - The holy capital and its surrounding areas were affected by a violent weather condition on Tuesday, which was accompanied by heavy rains accompanied by thunderbolts and downward winds from thunderclouds, which led to torrential rains and a rise in the water level in the streets in many neighborhoods.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> And these violent cumulus clouds formed with the afternoon hours of Tuesday 8-22-2023 over the eastern highlands of Makkah Al-Mukarramah, and gradually moved to the holy capital with the evening hours, and these cumulus clouds were characterized by an abundance of lightning strikes as a result of the intensity of convection and the abundance of air moisture in the most layers of the atmosphere.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>The formation of these violent clouds comes as a result of the availability of many weather conditions, most notably:</strong></p><ul style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Local factors such as high surface temperatures, diurnal heating, and the topography of the Hijaz Mountains (these are the most important lifting mechanisms for the formation of cumulonimbus clouds).</p><ul style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> These factors allow the expulsion of air to rise from the surface to the level of convection. (strong upwind)</p></li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> And the construction of heavy cumulus clouds in the range of collision of winds with different characteristics (east of the heights of Makkah).</p></li></ul></li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> This coincided with the availability of distinctive upper conditions of humidity and less hot air.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> As a result of the dominance of the eastern regions in the high and middle layers of the atmosphere, the rainy cumulus clouds rushed to the west towards the Holy Capital. </p></li></ul><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/uploads-2020/ArabiaWeatherKSA%28Mecca%2923-8-2023.jpg" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>