Iraq | An air depression that begins its effect on Tuesday/Wednesday night and intensifies on Wednesday, bringing extensive precipitation and snowfall expectations in some areas

Arab Weather - weather maps in the Arab Regional Weather Center indicate that Iraq was affected, with the late night hours of Tuesday/Wednesday night and Wednesday dawn, by an air depression and a very cold air mass, as temperatures drop and amounts of clouds multiply with precipitation, starting from the western and southwestern regions of In the country, the rains are sometimes heavy and of a demi nature, which may lead to the formation of torrential rains and a rise in the water level. The rains are accompanied by hail and may sometimes be thundery in some areas.

The effect of the depression and the cold air mass deepened on Wednesday

According to the weather maps in the Arab Regional Weather Center, it is expected that the effect of the cold air mass accompanying the depression will deepen on Wednesday, as the weather will be cold in all regions and very cold in the western and mountainous regions, and gradually expand during the day the range of precipitation to include large areas of the west and south of the country and extend For the central regions, including the capital, Baghdad, especially in the afternoon, the rain will be intermittent and sometimes heavy, accompanied by showers of hail and the occurrence of thunder at times.

(And with the late morning and afternoon hours, very cold winds are expected to leak into the various layers of the atmosphere, and the opportunity is created at that time for rain mixed with snow or showers of snow on the desert of western Rutba, specifically in the border areas, including the Trebil border crossing).

The southeasterly winds are brisk at intervals, adding to the feeling of coldness.

Extended rain Wednesday evening to the northern regions

And with the hours of Wednesday evening and during the night, the concentration of rain shifts to the northern regions of Iraq, and at that time showers of snow fall on the northern mountain peaks, especially in the northern regions, accompanied by showers of hail and the formation of fog as a result of the crossing of low clouds touching the surface of the earth.

In light of the expected weather conditions, the Arab Weather Center recommends:

• Be aware of the dangers of floods and rising water levels in many areas
• Staying away from the stomachs of valleys and streams of torrents due to the high risk of running north.
• Safe use of heating devices.

God knows