Iraq | An air depression that begins Wednesday night, and its effect deepens Thursday, accompanied by a cold air mass and showers of snow on the northern highlands

Written By هشام جمال on 2023/01/31

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.

Weather of Arabia - After God's will, the temperatures rise slightly on Thursday and are slightly higher than their rates for this time of the year, and the weather is relatively cold in most of the northern and western regions and tends to be cold in the central regions, while it is moderate in the southern regions.

 

There is a possibility of scattered showers of rain in some northern regions, in the form of intermittent snow showers over the northern mountain peaks in the border areas.

The winds will be westerly to southwesterly, moderate in speed, brisk at times and raising dust, especially in the western regions.

 

An air depression affects the country on Wednesday / Thursday night

The country is affected during the night hours of Wednesday / Thursday by an air depression coming across the Mediterranean Sea, which is concentrated during the night hours to the north of the Syrian lands, and the weather is cold in various regions, while it is very cold over the northern mountainous heights.

 

Showers of varying intensity of rain fall in many northern regions. The rain is sometimes heavy and accompanied by showers of hail, and showers of snow continue to fall on the high peaks, especially in the border areas.

A cold air mass associated with an air depression centered on Thursday, east of the Syrian territory

The depression moves to be concentrated on Thursday east of the Turkish territory, but Iraq is affected by the cold air mass accompanying it, as temperatures tend to drop to be lower than their rates for this time of the year, and the weather is relatively cold to cold in various regions, while it is pleasant in other regions. Southern.

 

Quantities of clouds appear in the northern regions, with showers of varying intensity of rain. The rain is sometimes heavy and accompanied by heavy showers of hail, and showers of snow fall over the northern mountainous heights, which are sometimes accumulated.

 

There will be an opportunity for some rain clouds to extend towards limited parts of the center and south of the country, accompanied by showers of hail.

 

And the winds are active westerly speed, which increases the feeling of coldness remarkably, and raises dust in some areas, especially the western ones.

Cold to very cold weather during the night hours, and a gradual decline in the chances of rain

During the night hours of Thursday/Friday, the night temperatures drop significantly, and the weather is cold to very cold, and temperatures fall below zero degrees Celsius in some western and northern regions, and showers of rain continue to fall at intervals in the northern regions, accompanied by showers of hail, which It is in the form of snow showers over the mountain heights.

 

However, chances of rain decline during the late night hours as a result of Iraq being affected by the extension of the Siberian air high, with opportunities remaining weak for sporadic local showers of rain (and intermittent showers of snow) in some northern mountain peaks in the border areas.

Important recommendations from the Arab weather:

 

God knows.

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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