What is a poison wind

Written By رنا السيلاوي on 2021/05/27

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.

ArabiaWeather - Sumum winds are known as violent, hot, dry and dusty winds, whose temperature may exceed 54 degrees Celsius (129 degrees Fahrenheit) and the relative humidity may drop to less than 10%, and al-Sumum winds is a local name used to describe the local winds that blow in the desert Arabia, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Syria and the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula.

 

The label

Poison wind means "toxic wind" and it was named so because it has a harmful effect on plants and humans, so if it blows its poison on the plant (ie it burns it), and the sudden onset of the poison winds may cause sunstroke to humans, and this is due to the fact that the hot wind brings more heat to the body than It can be eliminated by the evaporation of sweat.

 

the description

Al Sumum winds usually move in the form of circles carrying sand grains, and Al Sumum winds blow from the southeast to the southeast, and many Arab countries are exposed to them, in Africa or Asia, such as: Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, central and northern Saudi Arabia , Morocco, Libya, and Egypt, especially during the spring and summer seasons, which are stronger than the Khamaseen winds, but they do not last long.

 

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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