Saudi Arabia: Active northwesterly winds will blow over the governorates of Mecca and Medina in the coming days

Written By محمد عوينة on 2023/09/18

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.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Weather of Arabia - The results of future computer simulations indicate that northwesterly winds will continue to blow over several governorates of the Makkah Al-Mukarramah and Medina regions on Tuesday.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> It is expected, God willing, that the winds will be active with strong gusts, sometimes exceeding 60 km/h, especially on Wednesday. This will include several parts of Mecca, including Jeddah, Al-Jamoum, Rabigh, and the Holy Capital, in addition to Medina, including Yanbu and Al-Rais, and the winds cause some dust and dust, especially in open areas and highways, with the possibility of a decrease in horizontal visibility.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The scientific reason behind the activity of northwesterly winds in the western strip of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia comes as a result of the dominance of a moderately hot air mass over the eastern Mediterranean, accompanied by a surface air high in those areas, coinciding with the continued deepening of the surface thermal depressions over the Kingdom, and this leads to a difference. In atmospheric pressure and consequently activity in surface winds.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> God knows.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>

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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