An expected opportunity for snow showers for a few hours on Tuesday morning in the northern and central highlands of the Kingdom

Written By وداد السعودي on 2020/01/20

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 Kingdom is expected to be affected by Monday and Wednesday dawn by a second-degree air depression , according to the scale of the intensity of the weather depressions of Arab weather , accompanied by a very cold air mass, which is polar in origin, which rushes to the region, including the Badia Al-Sham region.

 

And the numerical models that are operated by the Arab Weather Center refer to forecasts of intermittent snowfall and at intervals over areas with a height of more than 1000 meters above sea level in the center, north and south of the Kingdom. It is not excluded that some snow showers at intervals extend to periods below that height, which means that Various parts of the capital are expected to see snowfall on the morning of Tuesday.

 

However, it must be noted that the opportunities for snow accumulation in the Kingdom start from high mountain heights that are more than 1000 meters above sea level.

 

Snow is also expected to fall over the southern high mountainous hills (Al-Sharah Mountains), where it accumulates in a way that impedes road traffic at times. Snow also includes the top of Karak Governorate (Southern Mazar), Tafila heights, especially (Rashadiya and Qadisiyah), Al-Shoubak District, Al-Taibah, Jabal Mubarak, Ras Al-Naqab, Heisha and the surrounding areas of Al-Naimat villages .

 

It is noteworthy that the varying amount of snow accumulation, according to the height of the area above sea level, in addition to the continuity of snowfall.

 

More about the current weather situation affecting the Kingdom from here

 

 

 

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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