Will you see Irbid and blue snow?

Written By هشام جمال on 2022/01/25

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.

Arab Weather - When the Kingdom is affected by any polar air depression, many questions are received by the Arab Weather Center about the possibility of snowfall in the governorates of Irbid and Zarqa, being the least fortunate with snowfall among all regions of the Kingdom, and the weather forecast staff at the Arab Weather Center answers questions about the possibility of snowfall. Snowfall is expected in areas in Irbid and Zarqa on Wednesday/Thursday night.

Will there be snow in areas in Irbid and Zarqa?

The answer is yes, God willing, it is expected that the high areas and neighborhoods will witness snowfall, as snow opportunities begin to include the heights of Irbid starting from Wednesday evening, as the areas with a height of more than 800 meters receive snowfalls on Wednesday evening and include areas in Irbid such as the northern shrine and Arhaba.

Inclusion of additional areas with snow opportunities at midnight Wednesday / Thursday and Thursday dawn

As for the midnight hours of Wednesday/Thursday, the Kingdom will cross a new polar air front, so that the snowfall becomes heavy and extends to all heights above 700 meters above sea level in the north, center and east of the Kingdom and is accompanied by the occurrence of thunderstorms.

Consequently, as a result of the low level of snowfall, additional areas of Irbid and areas in Zarqa are included in the snow opportunities, as the chances of snow showers increase in areas such as from Rasifa al-Zarqa, including Jabal Prince Faisal and Jeriba for example, and the areas of Arhaba, Idoun, Kafr Khel and Jedita, for example. Irbid.

The accumulations above those areas depend on the intensity and continuity of the precipitation, and there is no doubt that the areas that rise more than 800 meters will witness snowfall and accumulations, God willing.

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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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