Saudi Arabia | Once again, strong winds and a huge wave of dust are expected in the north of the Kingdom on Wednesday

Written By محمد عوينة on 2022/03/06

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 - It is expected that northern Saudi Arabia will be affected on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, by a cold air front accompanying a new pentagonal depression, which causes severe weather fluctuations in all areas of the north on Wednesday, in the form of strong winds and dust waves in many areas.

 

The north of the Kingdom is awaiting a strong dust storm on Wednesday

In the details, it is expected that the whole of the Levant and the northern part of Saudi Arabia will be affected by a deep Khamasini air depression centered over Iraqi lands. In the open, these winds are capable of forming dusty waves, especially in the afternoon and evening hours, with which the horizontal visibility decreases significantly, as it requires extreme caution while driving on the roads in the following areas: Al-Jawf, the northern borders, Hail, especially the northern part of it, and to a lesser extent, Tabuk.

 

 

The Arab Weather website calls on citizens to be careful when driving on roads that witness active winds and an increase in dust density by reducing driving speed and maintaining a sufficient and additional safety distance due to the low range of horizontal visibility, and it is also advised to be careful and not to leave homes, especially patients with respiratory system and eyes. Allergies and asthma.

 

The second Khamasini air depression this year is coming to the Kingdom

It is worth noting that most of the countries of the Arab Mashreq, including the Kingdom, are exposed to the second pentathlon for this year. In contrast to the winter depressions, these thermal depressions are formed in the African Sahara, and move towards the eastern basin of the Mediterranean and affect Saudi Arabia. To the high temperature in the northern part of the African continent compared to the temperature of the cold waters of the Mediterranean.

 

The pentagonal depressions are accompanied by the Tuz winds, which are mostly southwestern, dry and hot winds that come from the Sahara Desert, loaded with tons of dust and raised dust, and move towards areas of the eastern Mediterranean, such as Egypt and the Levant of Saudi Arabia. from the range of vision.

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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