Iraq - Weekly Bulletin | Hot weather is the prominent feature and alert of renewed dust waves in some areas

Arab Weather - The outputs of the numerical models in the Arab Regional Weather Center indicate that temperatures will remain around slightly above their rates until the middle of the week, and the weather will be hot in the western regions, and very hot in the rest of the regions, and the heat of the heat is more severe in the southern regions.

Very hot air mass as of Wednesday and intensified at the end of the week

According to the initial indicators, Iraq is affected, starting from Wednesday and during the weekend, by a very hot air mass accompanied by an extension of a superficial thermal depression, as temperatures rise clearly in all regions to be higher than their rates for this time of the year, and the weather is very hot and exhausting in general, especially in the regions Central and southern parts of the country, including the capital, Baghdad.

Temperatures are forty in most areas and remain within the fifties degrees in the south

It is expected, God willing, that the maximum temperatures will be until the middle of the week, between the mid to late thirties in the west, and in the early forties in the northern and central regions, while they will be around the end of the forties Celsius in the southern regions.

But with the heat intensifying beyond the middle and end of the week, the highest temperatures will be in the western regions in the early forties, while exceeding the mid-forties in the northern regions and touching the end of the forties in the central and southern regions, including the capital, Baghdad.

Dusty northwest wind activity

The surface-thermal depression deepens over the south of the Arabian Peninsula, which leads to the intensification of the westerly to northwesterly winds over Iraq during the coming days, especially the middle of the week, to be moderate to active in speed, accompanied by strong flashes in many areas that are exciting to dust and perhaps dust waves, which This leads to a decrease in the extent of horizontal visibility, and the intensity of northwesterly winds gradually decreases after the middle of the week.

An increase in night temperatures after the middle of the week

The weather is hot in various regions, and the weather tends to be mild in the far western regions and the northern mountains at late night and early morning hours.

However, the night temperatures rise from the middle and the end of the week, and the weather becomes hot to very hot in general, especially in the central and southern regions.

Important recommendations from Arab weather:

• Avoid prolonged exposure to direct sunlight
• Drink enough fluids and refreshments regularly
• Do not leave compressed containers and any flammable materials inside closed vehicles under sunlight
• Do not leave children in closed vehicles, even for a short period
• Wear loose-fitting, light-coloured clothing and a headgear
• Attention to the risk of increased levels of dust in the atmosphere and its impact on respiratory patients and the extent of horizontal vision

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God knows.