important | After the rain wave, Riyadh is on the cusp of a severe cold wave and temperatures are close to zero in the second half of the new week

Weather of Arabia - Sinan Khalaf - After the wave of rain currently witnessed in the city of Riyadh, it is expected that the capital will be affected by a cold wave, which will cross the strongest since the beginning of the winter season for this year.

Cold nights await Riyadh

The temperature drops to close to zero in the last days of the new week

In the details, it is expected that large parts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be affected by a rush of a very cold air mass of polar origin, which begins to affect the northern sector of the Kingdom from Sunday evening, so that the minimum temperatures drop to be around below zero Celsius in the north on Sunday night / Monday, By that, we mean Tabuk, Al-Jawf, and the northern border.

But as of Tuesday, the cold block of polar origins begins to deepen in the center of the Kingdom, so that temperatures drop dramatically during the day to reach 17 degrees Celsius, while dropping at night to 7 degrees Celsius, and it is expected to drop further on Wednesday, and the cold block will reach its peak effect. Riyadh will be on Thursday and Friday, when the minimum temperatures are expected to drop to only 2 degrees Celsius, which means that the freezing weather will prevail.

Arabia Weather alerts you to:

• The necessity of using safe heating methods
• The need to pay attention to the high chances of cold diseases due to the sharp drop in temperature