A low pressure system that brings heavy rainfall, more than what falls on an Arab capital in two years, is affecting Libya starting tonight.

Arab Weather - Weather experts at the Arab Weather Regional Center are following up on the latest satellite images indicating a deepening of a low pressure system in the central Mediterranean region off the Libyan coast, where large amounts of cumulus clouds laden with heavy rains surround it, which will gradually head towards northwest Libya in the coming hours.

A stormy and rainy low pressure system in western Libya, including the capital Tripoli, and its peak tonight

The outputs of the so-called computer simulation show that the low pressure system will deepen in the coming hours and during this night (the atmospheric pressure values at its center will decrease from what they are now), and move southward to directly affect all of northwestern Libya, including the capital Tripoli and Misurata, and is accompanied by the movement of dense bands of cumulonimbus clouds with heavy rain towards those areas. Where rains are expected to be heavy, accompanied by thunderstorms and hail showers, leading to significant flow of valleys and ravines and rising water levels in a number of cities and neighborhoods.

Strong winds accompany the depression tonight and the sea is rough on the western coasts

Due to the decline in atmospheric pressure values in the center of the low pressure system, active to strong northwesterly winds blow over the sea and the northwestern regions, causing severe disturbance in the waves, making the sea rough and the wave height reaching about 4-6 meters, especially at dawn and Friday morning, and approaching the coasts becomes extremely dangerous due to the high waves.

The depression will bring large amounts of rain, God willing.

God willing, the depression is expected to bring large amounts of rain, ranging from 100 to 220 mm depending on the region, especially in the coastal parts of Misurata. If we compare this amount, we find that it is equivalent to what Riyadh could receive in two years, or what falls on some areas of the capital, Abu Dhabi, in four years, i.e. four rainy seasons.

The average rainfall in Abu Dhabi during the year is 48 mm, and in the capital, Riyadh, it is about 50-100 mm.

And God knows best.