Iraq Weekly Bulletin | Unstable weather conditions peaking on Sunday and rising temperatures for the rest of the days

Written By هشام جمال on 2022/02/19

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.

Arab Weather - The latest output of the numerical weather models processed by the Weather Operations Department at the Arab Regional Weather Center indicates a decrease in temperatures in the northern and western regions, and the weather is relatively cold to cold in the northern and western regions, while it is pleasant in the central and southern regions, coinciding with Northwesterly to southwesterly moderate to brisk winds accompanied by strong gusts of dust and dust, and perhaps dusty waves, in the western and eastern regions.

An escalating rise in temperatures from Monday

It is expected, God willing, that an escalating rise in temperatures will occur as of Monday and become more tangible with the second half of the week. Its averages for this time of year are much with the appearance of clouds at medium and high altitudes.

Coinciding with the blowing of southeasterly light to moderate winds, sometimes active over some areas, causing dust and dust when active.

Unstable weather peaks on Sunday

It is expected, God willing, to cross Iraq from the hours of Sunday morning and during the rest of the day the cold air mass in the upper layers of the atmosphere, as the country enters under the influence of the unstable weather conditions that extend from Sunday morning until evening hours, then it will be concentrated in the northern and western regions, where the amounts of clouds decrease Gradually over the southern and central regions, and its intensity increases in the northern regions, and heavy rains fall on most of the northern regions, including Erbil and Mosul, accompanied by heavy showers of hail sometimes and thunder may occur over some areas, and snow falls in the towering northeastern peaks.

"It is also not excluded that scattered thunder clouds will form in the rest of the central and southern regions during the peak period."

Strong clouds are expected during the peak period and large amounts of rain are expected, which increases the risk of torrential torrents

Looking at what is indicated by the outputs of the processed numerical models, it is expected that strong cumulus clouds will form over the northern regions during the peak period of the impact of unstable weather conditions, which will lead to large amounts of rain in a short period of time, which means a high risk of torrential torrents and possibly floods.

Cold nights, especially at the beginning of the week

God willing, night temperatures are expected to rise compared to the previous nights during the second half of the week, and the weather will be very cold in the northern mountainous heights with the formation of freezing as a result of temperatures dropping below zero degrees Celsius by several degrees, while the weather is cold in the rest of the regions at night hours especially over the northern and western regions.

Important recommendations from Arabia Weather:

  1. Wear heavy clothes, with an emphasis on clothes for children and the elderly
  2. Observe the safe use of heating equipment
  3. Attention to the danger of frost and freezing in the exposed areas and its impact on the crops
  4. Attention to the danger of torrential rains, rising water levels on the roads, and storming homes and shops.

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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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