Meteorological Authority: Active winds and dust storms hit 8 regions, important warnings issued

Arab Weather - The National Center for Meteorology expects the active winds that stir up dust and sand to continue to affect parts of the Madinah, Hail, Tabuk, Al-Jawf and Northern Borders regions today, Thursday, as well as parts of the Qassim, Riyadh and Eastern regions, which may lead to almost zero horizontal visibility, while the formation of rain-bearing thunderclouds over the highlands of the Asir region is not ruled out.

The center explained that the wind movement on the Red Sea will be northwesterly to westerly on the northern and central parts at a speed ranging between 20 and 40 km/h, reaching 50 km/h on the northern part, and southeasterly to northeasterly on the southern part at a speed of 10-28 km/h, with wave heights ranging between one and two meters on the central part and reaching two and a half meters on the northern part, while the sea state will be moderate to rough in the north.

In the Arabian Gulf, the winds will be northwesterly to westerly, turning southwesterly in the evening over the northern part at a speed of 12-38 km/h, reaching 48 km/h over the central and southern parts, with wave heights of half a meter to one and a half meters, reaching two meters, and the sea state will be light to moderate.

The expected maximum and minimum temperatures and weather phenomena across the Kingdom's regions are as follows:

Mecca 42 - 29 Clear.

Medina 44 - 28 Partly cloudy / Active winds.

Riyadh 42 - 25 Partly cloudy / Active winds.

Dammam 38 - 24 Dust storms.

Jeddah 36 - 28 Awaliq.

Abha 30 - 18 Partly cloudy / Active winds.

Hail 36 - 23 Partly cloudy / Active winds.

Buraidah 41 - 24 Partly cloudy / Active winds.

Tabuk 31 - 19 Active winds / Dust storms.

Al-Baha 29 - 19 Partly cloudy / Active winds.

Arar 28 - 18 Active winds / Dust storms.

Sakaka 29 - 17 Active winds / Dust storms.

Jazan 38 - 28 Clear to partly cloudy.

Najran 38 - 22 dust particles.

Taif 34 - 22 Partly cloudy / Dust raised.

Al-Ula 38 - 26 Partly cloudy / Active winds.

Yanbu 39 - 26 Active winds / Dust storms.

Al-Dawadmi 41 - 24 Partly cloudy / Dust raised.

Al-Kharj 43 - 26 Partly cloudy / Active winds.

Wadi Al-Dawasir 43 - 27 dust particles.

Sharurah 42 - 25 dust particles.

Al Majmaah 41 - 24 Partly cloudy / Active winds.

Face 29 - 23 Active winds.

Rafha 32 - 21 Thunderstorms with rain / Active winds.

Al Qurayyat 26 - 14 Partly cloudy / Dust raised.

Tarif 25 - 13 Partly cloudy / Active winds.

Al Qunfudhah 36 - 27 Partly cloudy / Hazy.

Al-Ahsa 42 - 25 Dust storms.

Hafar Al-Batin 41 - 25 Thunderstorms with rain / Active winds.

Bisha 39 - 24 Partly cloudy / Dust haze.

Al-Sawda 24 - 14 Thunderstorms with rain / Active winds.

Rawdat Al Tanhat 43 - 26 Partly cloudy / Dusty.

Al-Dahna desert 43 - 26 Partly cloudy / Dust storms.

Al-Saman 41 - 26 Partly cloudy / Dust storms.

Arafat 43 - 30 clear.

Mona 42 - 29 clear.

Muzdalifah 43 - 30 clear skies.