Iraq is set to enter the hottest weather zone in the world this weekend, with temperatures reaching 50 degrees Celsius in the capital, Baghdad.

Arab Weather - Arab Weather forecasters are monitoring signs of intense heat over the weekend across parts of the eastern and northeastern Arabian Peninsula and Iraq. The tropical high pressure system is expected to expand to encompass larger areas in the coming days, accompanied by an extremely hot air mass.

Iraq is among the hottest air regions in the world.

The latest weather maps from Arab Weather indicate that an upper air pressure system will expand toward the northeastern Arabian Peninsula and Iraq at the end of the week. This will be accompanied by the surge of a scorching air mass across the surface, or what is known as the heat dome phenomenon. This will, God willing, lead to a significant rise in temperatures at the end of the week on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

50 percent possible in the capital, Baghdad

With the increasing influence of the hot air mass on Iraq at the end of the week, temperatures are expected to reach record highs of nearly 50 degrees Celsius in the capital, Baghdad, on Friday and Saturday, while they will be in the low 40s in other regions, amid generally scorching weather.