Jordan | Warning of a widespread ice wave, starting from Sunday/Monday night, including the Jordan Valley

Written By هشام جمال on 2022/01/15

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.

Arab Weather - The weather forecast staff at the Arab Regional Weather Center is expected to deepen the impact of a very cold Siberian polar air mass stationed over Iraq on Sunday / Monday night, which leads to the flow of cold northeastern winds into the Kingdom, where temperatures drop sharply and tangibly and rapidly to become degrees The temperature is below zero Celsius in large areas of the Kingdom with midnight on Sunday/Monday and dawn on Monday, and the roads are still wet, which leads to the formation of a large-scale ice wave. The ice formation includes internal and external roads in cities, which poses a real danger when walking on the roads.

It is expected that the influence of the polar winds will extend to the Jordan Valley, including the central and southern Jordan Valley, causing frost and freezing in those areas, which means that there is a real threat to the crops in those areas.

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More cold Arctic Siberian winds flow into the kingdom on Monday/Tuesday night and temperatures are very low

The Siberian polar air mass is moving towards the south and covering large areas of Iraq and thus pushing freezing cold winds towards all regions of the Kingdom, which will reach its peak on Monday/Tuesday night, as temperatures drop in all regions of the Kingdom to be below zero by approximately 4 degrees Celsius in the Badia regions, while It is between below zero percent in the capital Amman and the major cities.

With the formation of freezing in large areas of the Kingdom, and ice forming in the wet roads.

The impact of the polar winds is expected to extend again, but more severely, to the Jordan Valley areas, including the central and southern Jordan Valley, causing frost and freezing to form in those areas, which means that there is a real threat once again to the crops in those areas.

Under the expected weather conditions, the Arab Weather Center advises the need to pay attention to the danger of freezing and snow, which poses a danger to driving on the roads and to livestock plants, so it is advised to prepare early for this in addition to taking into account the safe use of heating and heavy clothing, especially for the elderly and children.

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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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