Saudi Arabia | New rain seeding planes will enter service within days.. Details

Written By سنان خلف on 2024/05/10

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.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Weather of Arabia - Informed sources said that the Kingdom received 5 new rain seeding aircraft, including a special research plane that will enter service within days, according to a plan to increase rain seeding flights during the coming period.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The sources stated: According to Al Arabiya channel, today, Friday, the National Center is working to localize pilots in the field of rain seeding through the joining of 18 Saudi pilots.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Hussein Al-Qahtani, spokesman for the National Center of Meteorology, explained earlier that the amount of rain that fell last year 2023 amounted to about four billion cubic millimetres.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Cloud seeding technology works to increase the quantity and quality of rain for certain types of clouds. In order to exploit its properties and stimulate and accelerate the process of rain falling on pre-defined areas, this is done through aircraft designated for seeding fine materials that have no harm to the environment in specific places of the clouds. It is one of the ways to contribute to maintaining water balance. It is a safe, flexible and low-cost technology.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>

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