Saudi Arabia | A cold wave is expected in many areas from Friday

2020-12-23 2020-12-23T10:53:40Z
وائل حكيم
وائل حكيم
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Weather of Arabia - The Kingdom begins to be gradually affected by a very cold air mass as from Friday, when very cold northerly winds blow accompanying the extension of the Siberian air height from Iraq towards the north of the country, and temperatures decrease and frost forms.

 

The cold block reaches Al-Jawf and the northern borders Friday

 

Temperatures decrease on Al-Jawf and the northern borders on Friday with the onset of the cold air mass entering the north of the Kingdom, where the weather during the day becomes relatively cold to cold, while at night it becomes very cold with activity in the speed of the southeast winds, which increases the feeling of cold.

 

The night temperatures around zero degrees Celsius and frost forms in the border region with Iraq.

 

A drop in temperatures throughout the eastern and central kingdom on Friday / Saturday night

 

The effect of the cold air mass expands on the night of Friday / Saturday and Saturday to include the entire eastern and central region, including the capital, Riyadh, and the northwest, including the city of Tabuk, where nighttime temperatures are around zero degrees Celsius in many regions, and are around 5 degrees Celsius in the capital Riyadh.

 

The effects of this cold mass are expected to last for several days during the next week.

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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