Jordan - Water: The rainfall rate increased to 113.5%, and 2 million cubic meters entered the dams within 24 hours.

Written By طقس العرب on 2023/04/13

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.

Weather of Arabia - The Ministry of Water and Irrigation said that the current rainy season is an excellent season with distinction, praise be to Him, the Almighty, and it will have a positive impact during the coming days on various aspects of economic and agricultural life, as well as its reflection on the supply of drinking water and irrigation water for summer and rainfed crops and improving the level of groundwater in addition to providing Pastures for livestock breeders until late in the season, indicating that the recent depression raised the volume of precipitation from the beginning of the season to 113.5% until this morning from the general annual rate of 8.1 billion m3 annually, accounting for 143% of the total precipitation for the year. It also raised the level of precipitation to good levels relative to the general average in most regions of the Kingdom, and that the highest rainfall rate recorded during the past 24 hours in Ajloun was 55 mm during the past 24 hours, noting that the percentage of precipitation for the same period last year was recorded 78.5% of the general rate, indicating that the dams entered during the past 24 hours 2 million cubic meters, raising their storage to 122 million cubic meters, with a total storage rate of 43.5% of their total capacity of 280,759 million cubic meters.

Regarding the rainfall rate according to its stations during the past 24 hours, Ajloun governorate recorded the highest rate, reaching 40.3 mm.

In the governorate of Irbid, it recorded an average of 25.8 mm, the highest being in Irbid 45.4 mm, Umm Qais 39.4 mm, Zibdeh 30.8 mm, Kharga 28.6 mm, Kafr Asad and Kafr Yuba 28.5 mm, Qimim 26.3 mm, Al-Baqoura 25.7 mm, Al-Tura 15.6 mm, Al-Naima 12.8 mm, and Al-Ramtha 11.1 mm.

Jerash governorate has an average of 26.6 mm, the highest is in Souf 46.7 mm, Al-Kutta 32 mm, Dibbeen 28.9 mm, Asfour Gap 28.8 mm, Qafqafa 19 mm, Jerash 15.4 mm.

Balqa governorate average 23.9 mm, highest in Salt 45 mm, Aira 43.8 mm, Baqa’a 27 mm, Um Joza 25.7 mm, Karama 13.9 mm, Southern Shuna 10 mm, Kafrin 9.5 mm, Wadi Shuaib 9 mm.

Capital Governorate 20.7 mm, the highest in Jubaiha 41.9 mm, Sweileh 39.6 mm, Al-Hamr 33.8 mm, Al-Bayader 33 mm, Shmeisani 32.9 mm, Jabal Al-Hussein 24.2 mm, Naour 18.2 mm, M Al-Basateen 16.3 mm, Marka 14.2 mm, Khan Al-Zabib 11.4 mm, Sahab 7.3 mm.

Tafilah governorate average 14.9 mm, the highest in Tafilah 20.4 mm, Qadisiyah 18.7 mm, Rashadiya 17.2 mm, Al-Ais 17.1 mm, Al-Hasa 0.9 mm.

Madaba governorate average 9.2 mm, the highest in Al-Mashqar and Husban 14.9 mm, Madaba 11.4 mm, Um Al-Amad 9.5 mm, Dhiban 9 mm, Ma’in 8.7 mm, Al-Wala 8.4 mm, Al-Jadeeda 8.2 mm Mleeh 5.4 mm, or lead 1.7 mm.

Al-Karak Governorate average 7.5 mm, the highest in Jadaa 13.3 mm, Al-Rabba 13 mm, Al-Qasr 12.8 mm, Al-Karak 9 mm, Al-Mazar 7.7 mm, Ai 6.4 mm, Hammoud 5.7 mm, Mohi 5 .4 mm, the good is 3.8 mm.

Al-Mafraq Governorate 7.8 mm, the highest in Balama 20.2 mm, Al-Modawar 19 mm, Rehab 12.2 mm, Al-Khanasri 9.2 mm, Al-Mafraq 8.2 mm, Al-Khalidiya 7.8 mm, Hosha 6.4 mm, Sabha 6 3 mm, Umm al-Qattin 6.2 mm, Umm al-Jimal 5 mm, Deir al-Kahf and al-Safawi 0.2 mm.

Zarqa governorate averaged 7 mm, the highest in Alouk 16.3 mm, Rusaifa 10.9 mm, Sukhna 8.8 mm, Khirbet As-Samra 8.4 mm, Zarqa 7.4 mm, Al-Nawaseef 5.6 mm, Al-Omari 1.4 mm, Qasr al-Hallabat 3.6 mm, blue 0.6 mm.

Ma’an governorate has a general average of 6 mm, the highest being in Bir al-Dabaghat with 11.1 mm, southern Taybeh with 9.1 mm, Shobak and Qurain with 9 mm, al-Rajif with 6.4 mm, Sadaqa with 5.7 mm and Unaizah with 3.5 mm.

Aqaba governorate average 2.9 mm, the highest in Wadi Musa 6.2 mm, Quweira 5.6 mm, Rashidiya 4.2 mm, Aqaba 3.8 mm, Rahma 1.4 mm, Humaymah 1.2 mm, Al-Rishah 1 mm.

She indicated that the ratio of the amount of rainfall to the long-term average for each governorate had increased in most regions, as it was recorded in Aqaba Governorate 285%, Ma’an Governorate 201%, Irbid 122.4%, Zarqa 114.3%, Mafraq 100%, and Salt 94%. %, Amman about 90%, Ajloun 90%, Jerash 60.1%, Madaba 66%, Karak 66.2%, Tafilah 76%, and Shobak 60.1%.

Regarding the total amounts of rain falling during the current season (mm) in the regions of the Kingdom from the beginning of the season, the ministry indicated that the highest amounts were in Ajloun Governorate 566.8 mm, Salt 556.3 mm, Wadi Al-Seer 498.3 mm, Irbid 497.1 mm, Jabal Al-Hussein. 345.1 mm, Karak 225.9 mm, Jerash 212.2 mm, Madaba 211.2 mm, Marka 205.1 mm, Tafilah 193 mm, Shobak 157.1 mm, Zarqa 148 mm, Mafraq 138.5 mm, Ma’an 81.7 mm, hitch 74.1 mm.

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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