Jordan: Details of rain opportunities and snow forecast for tonight and areas covered

2021-02-16 2021-02-16T12:30:16Z
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Arab Weather - The Kingdom's impact begins with an air depression classified in the fourth degree within the Arab weather scale for the classification of the severity of the depressions, which consists of five degrees (the first class is the weakest to the fifth most severe and strongest), where the Kingdom crosses a cold air front at the front of a very cold air mass of polar origin A sharp drop in temperature is occurring with strong gusts and thunderstorms of rain accompanied by cold and showers of snow after midnight over mountain heights that are more than 900 meters above sea level

As it continues with the hours of Tuesday evening, the flow of more extremely cold polar air towards the eastern region of the Mediterranean Sea, which leads to the deepening of the fourth-class air depression over the basin of the island of Cyprus, and the Kingdom crosses the first air fronts associated with it and the proliferation of quantities of clouds at different heights So that, God willing, the opportunity for rain will be created in different regions of the Kingdom, and the rains are moderate to heavy sometimes in the northern regions and parts of the central regions, while the intensity is sometimes moderate over the southern highlands, including Tafila, Karak, Shobak, Wadi Musa, the northern governorates of Aqaba and the Negev. Thunder and showers of hail, and with the midnight hours the opportunity is created for showers of snow to fall over mountain heights that are more than 900 meters above sea level, and they may accumulate sometimes, as for the winds, they are southwesterly active with speed with strong gusts and their speed increases after midnight and becomes accompanied by grants Severe, some of them may reach speeds of up to 100 km / h.

 

Important recommendations from ArabiaWeather:

  1. It is recommended that attention should be paid when walking on the desert roads in the south and east of the Kingdom, due to the low horizontal visibility caused by dust waves.
  2. Pay attention not to go to the Gulf of Aqaba due to the high waves.
  3. The necessity to drive cautiously on high mountain roads due to the risk of slides caused by snowfalls after midnight.
  4. Pay attention to the intensity of the wind speed, especially with the late evening hours.
This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.
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