Facts about the heat wave: one of the longest waves in the history of climate records and the absence of records

Arab Weather - According to the official report issued by the Amman Civil Airport station in the Marka area in the east of the capital, Amman, the temperature recorded 38 degrees Celsius at 2 pm on Saturday 3-9-2022, in light of the fact that parts of the Kingdom are still affected today by the hot and rushing air mass From the desert of the Arabian Peninsula towards the Levant, including the Kingdom, for the eighth day in a row.

The heat wave affecting the Kingdom is characterized by its long duration, as data inside the corridors of the "Arab Weather" center from the various automatic weather monitoring stations in Arab weather distributed throughout the provinces of the Kingdom showed that temperatures approached 40 degrees Celsius in large parts of the Kingdom on several occasions. During the impact of the current heat wave on the Kingdom. In the same context, the data of the meteorological station at Amman Civil Airport in the Marka region showed that the maximum temperature was recorded with values ranging between 38-41 degrees Celsius over 8 days, which makes the current heat wave side by side with the heat wave extending from 2020/9. 3/ Until 10/09/2020, the longest since the start of recording climatic records in the Kingdom since 1922, which is nearly 100 years (since the days of the Emirate of Transjordan).

Despite the long period of the heat wave’s impact on the Kingdom, the meteorological stations distributed throughout the Kingdom did not record records during the period of its impact. For example, the highest temperature recorded in the east of the capital Amman during the heat wave’s impact reached 41.4 degrees Celsius on Monday. 29-8-2022, and with reference to the archival monitoring data of the airport, temperatures in the east of the capital Amman reached 43.5 degrees Celsius on several occasions, the first of which was in July of 2000 on 07-30-2000, and it was repeated during August of the year 2010 On 20-08-2010, followed by the maximum temperature recorded on 27-07-2020, which amounted to 43.0 degrees Celsius.

The temperatures recorded in the east of the capital Amman on the one hand and the city of Aqaba on the other hand converged in several days in a way that does not happen except in heat waves, so that the Amman Civil Airport station was recorded on Friday 3-9-2022 as a maximum of 40.6 degrees Celsius, at the same time that The weather station at King Hussein International Airport recorded a maximum of 40.5 degrees Celsius. The specialists at the "Arab Weather" Center explained that the scientific reason behind this convergence in temperatures during the impact of heat waves is that mountainous heights are more affected by hot air masses than is the case in valleys and low-lying areas, because the hot air has a lower density than it works on. It rises to the top and hits the tops of the mountains, and the air of (less hot) is more dense and descends downwards, i.e. to the valleys.

It is noteworthy that today, Saturday 3-9-2022, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia witnessed a decline in the effect of the heat wave from the western highlands, where the same automatic weather stations operating in the Arab weather detected a clear difference in the temperatures recorded between the western and eastern regions, as a result of the emergence of a northwestern sea current that affected On the western strip, temperatures were reduced in many areas and the humidity levels in the atmosphere increased significantly, while the eastern areas were under the influence of dry, continental northeast winds.

In the midst of this atmosphere, the talk about “heat waves” has become a preoccupation for the Jordanian street, and here the weather forecast team in “Arab Weather” brings you joyful news, stating that the current heat wave will abate on Tuesday, God willing, not only that, but the indicators have recently increased on the maps Weather The weather forecast cadre in "Arab Weather" says that temperatures will drop to their average or perhaps lower during the middle of the week... More details