Saudi Arabia: Scorching temperatures were recorded in the Kingdom during the past days, and more heat waves are expected in the coming period

From the Arabia Weather Center - Official data issued by the National Center of Meteorology indicated that scorching temperatures were recorded during the past days in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as a result of it being affected by an extremely hot air mass that caused a heat wave and temperatures to rise to several degrees Celsius above their usual levels.

The same data shows that the highest temperature recorded in Dammam was 50 degrees Celsius, which is half the boiling temperature! It is also followed by Qaisumah and Al-Ahsa with 49 degrees Celsius, and then Medina and Riyadh with 48 and 47 degrees Celsius, respectively.

Why are the highest temperatures usually recorded in the eastern region?

Specialists at the Arabia Weather Center said that the eastern region usually witnesses the highest temperatures in the Kingdom during the summer, and this is due to many scientific reasons:

• The effects of the heat dome on the eastern region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as a result of the pattern of the high air pressure in the high layers of the atmosphere and its concentration on the eastern parts of the Arabian Peninsula in many cases, due to the pressure of the western waves coming from the north on it.
• The topographic nature of the eastern region, due to its proximity to sea level, makes it a scene for the formation of seasonal thermal depressions in those areas, which exacerbate the severity of the scorching weather.
• The lack of afforestation makes it highly susceptible to absorbing solar radiation.

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More heat waves are coming to the Kingdom in the coming period, God willing

The specialists at the Arabia Weather Center indicated that medium and long-term forecasts indicate that what is known as the eastern jet stream is expected to shift the high air pressure in the high layers of the air to the north and northeast of the Arabian Peninsula during the coming weeks, leading to the predominance of temperatures. Warmer than usual rates in many areas of the north, center and east of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the continued occurrence of heat waves in these areas, with temperatures reaching 50 degrees Celsius on many occasions, God willing.

Read also: Increasing indications of waves of summer rain in several regions of the Kingdom, the second half of July and August (preliminary details)