A low pressure system has been observed forming in the central Mediterranean Sea (affecting an Arab country). Will it develop into the first Mediterranean storm this year?

Arab Weather - The latest images recently captured by the remote sensing systems of the Arab Weather Regional Center monitor the formation of a low-pressure system currently centered over the Ionian Sea between the Italian islands and Greece, and dense bands of cumulonimbus clouds laden with heavy rains revolve around its center, coinciding with the blowing of very high-speed winds, the speed of which reached, according to the latest readings, about 80 km/h, which causes severe disturbance of the waves within the framework of the centering of this low-pressure system.

The depression will deepen further tonight and Tuesday morning and directly affect Greece.

Weather forecasters at the Arab Weather Regional Center said that the latest numerical simulation models indicate that this low pressure system will deepen and develop further during the hours of tonight, dawn and Monday morning, coinciding with its movement eastward towards Greece, where the direct effects of this weather system will be on large areas of Greece, especially its southern parts. It is expected, God willing, that the low pressure system will cause dense bands of cumulonimbus clouds to move, accompanied by heavy to very heavy rains, accompanied by strong thunderstorms and heavy hail showers, which increases the possibility of floods and rising water levels. High-speed winds will also blow, reaching gusts of about 80 km/h, causing severe disturbance of sea waves, with waves reaching a height of 3-5 meters, especially in the depths.

Between Tuesday night and Wednesday day, the low pressure system is expected to weaken and its effects will then be concentrated on the southwestern regions of Turkey, accompanied by active winds and rain, God willing.

The effects of the weather system include Libya in the form of active winds and sometimes heavy rain showers.

During the passage of the low pressure system tonight and Tuesday, it is expected that the northern Libyan territories will be affected by indirect consequences of the weather system in the form of active winds blowing on the northern coasts, specifically Tripoli and its surroundings, with clear disturbance of the waves of the Mediterranean Sea near the coasts and in the depths, and showers of rain falling on wide areas, especially in northern Libya, accompanied by hail, which may cause the formation of floods and a rise in water levels.

A change in the shape of weather systems has been observed.. cooler air masses cross the Mediterranean Sea after the strong heat waves in the summer

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

The weather forecasting staff at the Arab Weather Center confirmed that the low pressure system currently over the sea does not have any semi-tropical characteristics, but rather resulted from the rush of a cold air mass upwards towards 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.

God knows best.