Early warning | Dust waves and strong sandstorms on the south and east of the Kingdom on Thursday and Friday

Written By هشام جمال on 2021/03/09

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.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><strong>Arab Weather</strong> - “God willing,” as a result of a large difference in the values of surface air pressure, an active-speed westerly wind is expected to blow, accompanied by strong gusts on Thursday, whose speed will increase further on Friday and be accompanied by high-speed gusts that may exceed the barrier of 100 km / h.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><br /> As a result, strong dust waves and possibly sandstorms are expected to form in the south and east of the Kingdom, and include vital desert roads such as the international roads linking the Kingdom and Saudi Arabia from the south, with Iraq from the east, in addition to the desert road linking the kingdom’s governorates with the city of Aqaba.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Therefore, it should be noted that drivers and travelers on desert roads must pay attention to the danger of low or no horizontal visibility.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> God knows.</p>

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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