Fohen winds hit Jeddah, recording 46 degrees Celsius for the first time this season.

Arab Weather - King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah recorded unusually high temperatures of 46 degrees Celsius on Monday afternoon. This coincided with the arrival of a dust storm from the east toward the Makkah region and its coasts, including Jeddah, causing extremely hot and dusty conditions.

Foehn winds and their role in raising temperatures to record levels

Arab weather experts attribute the significant rise in temperatures to the blowing of easterly winds known globally as the "Fohn winds." For Jeddah, these are easterly winds that sweep towards the west of the Kingdom, coming from the extremely hot and dry desert regions. They rush towards the mountains of Mecca, becoming increasingly hot and blazing as they cross the mountain slopes, reaching Jeddah and transforming its moderate weather into a blazing one, which is only broken by the entry of northwesterly winds coming from the sea.

Gradual decrease in temperature starting tomorrow

The latest weather maps indicate that the easterly winds will begin to break starting Tuesday, with northwesterly winds expected to begin blowing across the region. This will contribute, God willing, to a relative drop in temperatures to around 40 degrees Celsius, or perhaps even slightly lower, and God knows best.