Learn about the areas of Jordan most exposed to lightning and lightning

Arabia Weather - The current period, the “autumn season,” is considered the best time for thunderclouds to form in Jordan, which is usually accompanied by the occurrence of thunder, lightning, and sometimes hail. The main reason for this is due to the thermal differences that occur between the cold air masses approaching the region. It is formed in the upper layers of the atmosphere, and in the warm air concentrated on the surface, due to the tropical high that affects the region throughout the summer, and continues until the beginning of the fall.

With the start of the activity of the Red Sea depression over the region in the fall, tropical moisture begins to flow into the region, feeding the upper layers of the atmosphere with the moisture necessary for the formation of thunderclouds, with all the conditions coming together to form states of instability, such as the presence of cold upper basins close to the region.

The southern and eastern regions are most vulnerable to lightning and thunderstorms in the Kingdom.

The southern, southeastern, and eastern regions of the Kingdom are considered the areas closest to the tropical high, because the tropical high lies south of Jordan (the Arabian Peninsula), and is active in the summer in the form of heat waves, directly affecting the southern and eastern regions of the Kingdom. Therefore, it is considered These regions are hotter than the rest of the regions of the Kingdom, and temperature differences become high in those regions in the fall season, and because the tropical humidity in the fall season also comes to us from the south, the southern and eastern regions are considered a fertile region for the formation of thunderclouds that are usually accompanied by the occurrence of lightning and sometimes lightning.