Iraq - Alert | A khamasini air depression brings dense dust waves and hot weather to hit the country in the coming days

Arab weather - God willing, it is expected that Iraq will be affected on Saturday by a pentagonal depression centered to the southeast of Syrian territory during the day, so there is a further rise in temperatures on Saturday so that temperatures remain several degrees Celsius higher than their averages for this time of the year, and the weather will be Warm in the northern mountains, and relatively hot to hot in the rest of the regions, with the appearance of clouds at different altitudes.

As a result of the Khamasini air depression, the western regions of Iraq are affected by active south to southwesterly winds, accompanied by strong gusts exceeding the 70 km/h barrier, especially in the afternoon and evening hours. A sharp decrease in the extent of horizontal vision, and may reach the point of absence.

Night temperatures rise on Saturday/Sunday night

The Khamasini air depression moves at night to center in western Iraq, and another rise in night temperatures occurs on Saturday/Sunday night. The weather will be cold in the northern mountains, warm to relatively hot in the rest of the regions at the beginning of the night, but it will tend to moderate at the late night hours and dawn, especially in the areas Northern and Western.

Westerly to southeasterly moderate to active winds blow over many areas, continuing the formation of dust waves in the western regions, but the effect of dust extends gradually towards the rest of the northern, central and southern regions and includes, including the capital, Baghdad, so that the weather is dusty with varying intensity and decreases It is noticeable over the horizontal visibility and may reach the limit of absence in the northern and western regions in particular.

The Khamasini depression is centered in central Iraq on Sunday and heavy dust waves

On Sunday, the Khamasini air depression is concentrated in central Iraq, but there is a decrease in the temperatures recorded in the northern regions, while they rise in the southern regions, and the weather is warm in the western regions and relatively hot to hot in the rest of the regions, and northwest winds blow to the southeast Moderate to active speed, accompanied by strong flashes that work to form strong dust waves that will pervade most areas of Iraq, so that the level of horizontal visibility is low and may reach the point of absence, especially in the western areas.

Unstable weather conditions and thunderstorms of rain

According to the last two outputs of the numerical models processed by the Air Operations Department in the Regional Cold Weather Center, the impact of the Khamasini air depression coincides with the continuing impact of a state of atmospheric instability, in the northern and western regions, where the opportunity is ripe for thunder and mud showers of rain on the scattered parts of the far north. The country will extend towards some western regions on Saturday and Sunday, and it is not excluded that rain will sometimes be heavy in some narrow and random geographical areas.

Important recommendations from Arabia Weather:

• Attention to the danger of torrential rains and rising water levels in narrow and random geographic ranges
• Attention to the danger of high levels of dust and its impact on patients with the respiratory system, eyes, and the extent of horizontal vision
• Avoid prolonged and direct exposure to the sun to avoid heat stroke and heat stress.
• Drink enough fluids between Maghrib and Suhoor

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God knows.