Saudi Arabia | Alert of severe cold, sharp drop in temperature tonight, and high probability of cold and flu diseases

Weather of Arabia - Sinan Khalaf - Specialists in the "Arab Regional Weather Center" expected that large parts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia would be increasingly affected by the Siberian air rise, which will lead to an additional decrease in temperatures to approach or touch the zero-degree mark in many regions.

The latest forecasts indicate that the effect of the cold wave will be evident in the north of the Kingdom, especially in Al-Jawf, Tabuk, the northern borders and Hail, as temperatures are expected there on Wednesday night, dawn and Thursday morning around zero degrees Celsius. While it will be a little higher than that in the Qassim region, becoming around 5 degrees Celsius.

As for the capital, Riyadh, it is expected that the lowest temperatures will be in it at dawn and Thursday morning, between 8 to 9 degrees Celsius only, and it will be less than that as we head north, and God knows best.

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This extremely cold climate requires wearing heavy clothing and paying attention to the elderly and children, due to the high probability of contracting cold and flu diseases as a result of temperature fluctuations.