The deep air depression will continue to affect the country on Thursday before moving quickly to northern Iraq at night, while the Kingdom will be affected by the very cold air mass rushing behind it.

Arab Weather - The latest readings from the so-called computer simulation indicate that the Kingdom will continue to be affected on Thursday by a third-degree depression, which will move later in the day to northern Iraq, God willing, while the Kingdom remains under the influence of a very cold air mass of polar origin, with a noticeable drop in temperatures, especially during the night hours.

Thursday: Very cold, polar winds will continue to flow towards the Kingdom, especially in the morning hours.

Computer mapping analyses of the distribution of air masses in the layers of the atmosphere close to the Earth's surface indicate that polar winds will continue to flow towards the Kingdom on Thursday, so temperatures will drop further, becoming colder than their usual rates for this time of year by about 5-7 degrees Celsius, with the maximum in the capital Amman becoming about 5-6 degrees Celsius, and the weather will be cold in general and very cold in the high mountains.

The weather will remain cloudy and stormy with occasional rain, God willing, in the north and center of the Kingdom and Karak Governorate. The rain will be heavy at times, accompanied by hail showers that may be dense at times over the high mountainous areas. The rainfall will gradually extend to several areas in the south and east of the Kingdom over time, and low clouds touching the ground will cross the mountainous areas, leading to the formation of fog and reduced horizontal visibility.

Details of the areas that are likely to receive the first snowfall of this winter at dawn and during the day on Thursday

Snow is also expected, God willing, on the peaks of the Karak and Tafilah mountains, which include the Qadisiyah and Rashadiyah heights and the surrounding areas, with occasional accumulations in those areas. Later, some snowfall will extend to the high peaks of the Shara Mountains to the south in Ma'an Governorate. As for the high mountain peaks in the north and center of the Kingdom, the opportunity is available in the morning hours for snow showers to fall on the high peaks of the Jerash and Ajloun mountains, while it is often mixed with rain on the peaks of the Balqa and capital mountains.

Stormy winds on Thursday and dense dust waves in the southeast and east of the Kingdom

God willing, the Kingdom is expected to continue to be affected by strong westerly winds, especially during the afternoon and evening hours, accompanied by strong gusts that may sometimes exceed 100 km/h in the southern desert and mountains. Dust waves and dust storms are expected in the southeast and east of the Kingdom, especially in areas that have not witnessed rainfall. The phenomenon of moving sand on desert roads is also not ruled out as a result of the high wind speed.

The Arab Weather website advises the need to secure lightweight and volatile objects from the roofs of houses, and it is also recommended to reduce speed while driving on roads that witness a decrease in horizontal visibility due to dust.

Thursday/Friday night: The low pressure system moves away from the region, but the Kingdom remains under the influence of the very cold air mass rushing behind it.

During the hours of Thursday/Friday night, the low pressure system moves away from the region, but the Kingdom remains under the influence of the very cold air mass rushing behind it. There is a noticeable drop in night temperatures, and the weather is very cold in most areas, and very cold over the high mountainous elevations, with the minimum temperature reaching around zero degrees Celsius.

In the early night hours, there is still a chance for some local showers of rain, God willing, especially in the southern regions of the Kingdom, in the form of snowfall over the high southern mountainous heights.

As the low pressure system moves towards northern Iraq, wind speeds will gradually decrease on Thursday/Friday night, while remaining active in the southern highlands of the Kingdom, accompanied by strong gusts at times in those areas, God willing.

Weather recommendations for Thursday:

• Be aware of the strong wind speed, some of which may reach 100 km/h, and secure outdoor belongings.
• Beware of the risks of reduced horizontal visibility due to dust waves in desert areas, and due to fog and clouds touching the ground surface over high mountain heights.
• Beware of the flow of valleys and the formation of torrents in low-lying areas due to heavy rains.
• Beware of the risk of slipping on high mountain roads due to hail showers or snowfall on the high southern mountainous areas.
• Observe the safe use of heating devices.
• Beware of snowfall on some high mountainous areas.

God knows best.