Saudi Arabia | A severe cold wave will begin to affect the Kingdom starting tonight.. Details

Arab Weather - Sinan Khalaf - The latest outputs of computer modeling for monitoring and tracking the movement of air masses and atmospheric pressure systems indicate that the Kingdom will gradually begin to be affected, starting from Saturday evening and night, by a cold wave resulting from the extension of the Siberian high towards the region.

sub zero degrees celsius

A severe cold wave will reach its peak in the Kingdom at dawn and Monday morning

In detail, it is expected that large parts of the north and center of the Kingdom will record a collapse in minimum temperatures tonight to be around zero degrees Celsius or slightly lower in Al-Jawf, the northern borders and the northern Hail region. As for Sunday, the flow of cold Siberian winds towards the region is expected to increase, and thus temperatures will drop further and significantly, to reach 2 degrees Celsius below zero in large parts of Al-Jawf, the northern borders, Hail and Qassim, with a very cold atmosphere prevailing.

Temperatures near zero degrees Celsius in Riyadh

As for the capital, Riyadh, it is expected to be affected by very cold weather, so that the actual impact of the cold wave on the capital will begin from Saturday evening and night, and it is expected that temperatures will drop to 7 degrees Celsius, while the flow of cold air towards the capital will increase so that the cold wave will reach its peak impact on the city of Riyadh at dawn and Monday morning, and the weather will turn to become very cold and drop at night to about 0 - 3 degrees Celsius.

Arab Weather warns of:

The necessity of using safe heating methods

The need to be aware of the increased chances of catching a cold due to the sharp drop in temperature.