Iraq | Weather disturbances associated with heavy thunderstorms require attention from the dangers of torrential rain in some areas on Wednesday

Written By هشام جمال on 2023/03/06

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 - Weather maps in the Arab Regional Weather Center indicate that Iraq was affected by a medium to strong state of air instability on Wednesday, resulting from the convergence of a cold air mass in the upper atmosphere layers of the atmosphere, with a surface extension of the Red Sea depression, and this confluence leads to the multiplication of Cumulonimbus clouds and thunderstorms of rain in several areas of the country.

 

And in the details, with the daytime hours on Wednesday, a state of air instability arises, as clouds multiply at different heights gradually during the daytime hours, and, God willing, showers of rain will fall on separate areas of Iraq, concentrated in the central parts of Iraq, including the capital, Baghdad, and it will be Sometimes heavy rains in some geographical areas are accompanied by showers of hail with the occurrence of thunderstorms, which may lead to a rise in the water level in some areas and the occurrence of water bodies.

 

An intensification of air instability over Iraq at midnight on Wednesday/Thursday

 

According to the weather maps in the Arab Regional Weather Center, it is expected that the depression will deepen in the upper layers of the atmosphere at midnight on Wednesday / Thursday, and the unstable weather conditions will intensify with it in several regions, as showers of rain will fall, God willing, in many regions, but they are concentrated in the center of the country, And the rains are sometimes heavy and accompanied by heavy showers of hail with the occurrence of strong thunderstorms and activity at the speed of the surface winds, and it is feared at that time that the danger of torrents will form and the water level will rise in some areas, and it is also warned of the flow of valleys and reefs as a result of the abundance of rain on some northern mountain heights, especially the northern ones Eastern Province, including Sulaymaniyah and its environs.

 

 

On Thursday, the effect of instability will gradually recede in most regions of Iraq, so that the rains will concentrate on the eastern regions.

 

Important recommendations Arab weather during unstable weather conditions:

 

 

God knows.

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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