Jordan | Learn about the weather phenomenon that caused the temperature in Deir Alla to rise to the highest on Earth
Weather of Arabia - The Kingdom is witnessing a hot to very hot air mass, as its peak effect reached yesterday, Monday 6/3/2024, when very high temperatures were recorded, reaching 40 degrees Celsius in the east of the capital, Amman, while in some areas of the Jordan Valley it approached Temperatures reached 50 degrees Celsius, specifically in the Deir Alla region, where temperatures reached 47.9 degrees Celsius, according to the Jordanian Meteorological Department, and thus it was the hottest temperature on the face of the Earth.
What weather phenomenon caused the temperature in Deir Alla to rise to the highest on Earth?
According to what was alerted by the weather forecast staff at the Arab Weather Center, the weather phenomenon that contributed to raising the temperature in Deir Alla to the highest on Earth is the result of the south-easterly winds accompanied by the hot mass, which is called Fohn winds. (Foehn Winds), which is a scientific expression that expresses winds that descend from mountain slopes to valleys and low areas and are subjected to intense and significant heating, such that the air temperature increases by 1.5 degrees Celsius whenever we descend 150 meters from sea level.
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