Update 11:50 p.m.: Satellite images monitor the presence of the new depression, south of Cyprus, accompanied by a cold front on its way to Jordan.
Weather of Arabia - The latest analyzes of satellite images indicate that the depression expected to affect the Kingdom, starting from the afternoon and evening hours of this Wednesday, is currently located to the south of the island of Cyprus and is accompanied by a cold front, so that most regions of the Kingdom witness the moment of preparing the report (11: 50:00) Cold and windy weather, with rain clouds flowing from time to time to parts of the north of the Kingdom.
And with the afternoon and evening hours, the Kingdom quickly crosses a cold air front, so there is a further decrease in temperatures and the weather is remarkably cold in various regions, and rains begin to fall, God willing, in the northern and central regions of the Kingdom and they are accompanied With showers of hail, which may be intense at times, and perhaps some thunderstorms locally, and gradually during the night the rain extends towards the southern highlands of the Kingdom.
And as we enter the night hours, the flow of very cold air towards the Kingdom increases with the movement of the air depression towards the east, so that the chances of snowfall rise from time to time and sometimes accumulate over the peaks of the high mountain heights that are more than 1200 meters above sea level, which includes the peaks of the Jerash Mountains. And Ajloun Al-Alia, the peaks of the Southern Mazar District and Mutah in Al-Karak, the peaks of Tafila Governorate (Al-Rashadiyah and Al-Qadisiyah), the peaks of the Al-Shoubak District, Al-Hishah, Jabal Mubarak, Al-Taybeh Al-Janubia, Ras Al-Naqab, and the surrounding areas of Wadi Musa. It is also expected that snowfalls will be concentrated, in particular, in the areas of Al-Rashadiyah and Al-Qadisiyah in Tafila Governorate.
And the latest weather readings analyzed by the Arab Weather Center indicate that the cold will be sufficiently penetrating in the late hours of the night and dawn on Thursday to cause temporary and intermittent snowfalls over the high mountain heights of more than 1000 meters, which include the heights west of the capital, Amman. Balqa and accumulations, if they occur, will be limited and for short periods.
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