Stormy, rainy depression in central Mediterranean takes unusual path at weekend (details)

Arab Weather - Weather experts at the Arab Weather Regional Center are following the latest readings from what is called computer simulation, which indicate the formation of a low-pressure system and its deepening in the central Mediterranean Sea to become stormy and rainy on Thursday in the central Mediterranean Sea, but it is taking a rare and unusual path that is somewhat similar to the path taken by Hurricane Danielle, which affected Libya in September 2023, but it does not acquire semi-tropical characteristics.

Low pressure forms on Wednesday over the Sea of Sicily between the Italian islands and Tunisia

In detail, God willing, it is expected that the shape of the weather systems in the northern hemisphere will cause a very cold air mass to rush towards the south of the European continent, which will lead to the formation of a low pressure system over the Sea of Sicily between the Italian islands and Tunisia, causing showers of rain to fall on several areas of southern Europe and snow to fall on the high mountainous elevations. The effect of the low pressure system will also extend towards northern Algeria and Tunisia, accompanied by showers of rain and a drop in temperatures.

The depression deepened on Thursday and turned into a storm and heavy rain.

The low pressure system is expected to move towards the southeast, i.e. towards the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, on Thursday, and to deepen at dawn and on Friday, as a result of the warm water surface, which reaches about 23 degrees Celsius. The temperature differences become sharp between the cold air mass accompanying the low pressure system and the temperature of the warm water, which leads to the deepening of the low pressure system off the western Libyan coast and its transformation into a stormy and rainy system.

Thus, the wind speed increases to exceed 100 km/hour, and the sea becomes turbulent and rough, with waves reaching about 7-8 meters in depth and near the western Tunisian and Libyan coasts, especially during the dawn and daylight hours of Friday, when approaching the coast becomes extremely dangerous due to the high waves.

The depression takes a rare and unusual path towards the Libyan mainland

Initial indicators show that as the depression deepens, very dense bands of thick cumulonimbus clouds accompanied by thunderstorms begin to rotate around the center of the depression, which numerical models suggest will move in a rare and unusual path towards the north of the Libyan mainland by the end of the week, accompanied by heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms, which increases the possibility of floods and rising water levels, in addition to significant sea wave disturbance.

The depression is caused by a cold air mass rushing towards the Mediterranean Sea and does not acquire any semi-tropical characteristics.

The weather forecasting staff at the Arab Weather Center confirmed that the expected low pressure system does not have any semi-tropical characteristics, but rather resulted from the rush of a cold air mass upwards towards the waters of the Ionian Sea (which is considered part of the Mediterranean Sea). Due to the sharp temperature differences between the cold air coming from the European continent and the warmer sea surface temperature, the low pressure system was formed by God’s will.

And God knows best.