Saudi Arabia | Cumulative rainfall amounts recorded during the irrigated condition

Arab Weather - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was affected by a large-scale rainy situation that lasted for several days, and the Nomenclature Committee called this rainy condition (Suqia)

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Rainy condition:

It is a rainy state that affected the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with the last week of November of the year 2020 and extended until the first days of December 2020 and is considered a strong and comprehensive case of large geographical regions and ranges in the Kingdom as it included several major cities, including the capital, Riyadh and Jeddah, which greatly affected the West And southwest of the Kingdom and later extended to the center, east and northeast of the Kingdom and a few parts of the northern borders. It was accompanied by heavy and abundant rain showers in some areas, especially in the western and central sector of the Kingdom, which caused a rise in water levels in many regions.

Suqia was formed in conjunction with the arrival of the humidity of Cyclone Jati, which had hit Somalia and the Gulf of Aden during the few days before the start of irrigation to western and southern Arabia, which coincided with an eruption of a cold air mass coming from the eastern Mediterranean and Egypt, which led to the formation and emergence of this strong state without Air stability.

The start of the rainy state effect:

The effects of the rainy situation began to be gradually irrigated with the evening hours of Wednesday, 12/25/2020 - 10/4/1442, as the rains fell in many areas of the west of the Kingdom, specifically the southwest of the Kingdom, and the highest amount of precipitation was recorded in Jizan (the runway / Al-Reith) with the amount of precipitation 30.20 mm

While these were the highest quantities recorded in Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Asir, Madinah and Al-Baha:

• Makkah Al-Mukarramah - Sa`ya / Al-Leith: 4.80 mm
• Medina - Al-Jarnafah / Wadi Branch: 0.20 mm
• Asir - Hamid Al-Alaya / Muhayil: 9.20 mm
• Al-Baha - Baljurashi / Sukhwan: 26 mm

On Thursday, the rainy situation intensified and extended to more areas in the west and center of the Kingdom. The highest rainfall was recorded in Al-Reith - Jizan, 53 mm, followed by Al-Mubada / Al-Qunfudhah in Makkah, with an amount of 52.8 mm.

And the irrigation extended to parts of the center of the Kingdom, including the Riyadh region, with lighter and less intense rain, where the highest amount was recorded in Riyadh in the university / Afif, with precipitation amounts of 17.4 mm, and Thrab / cradle in the city recorded amounts of precipitation amounting to 15.8 mm, while the rain was not at the same intensity of precipitation In Al-Qassim, where the highest amounts of precipitation reached 5.8 mm in Umm Hazm / Ash Shamasiyah

The rainy, watery situation continued to affect the Kingdom during Friday as well and extended to wider geographical ranges to northern parts of the eastern and northeastern parts of the Kingdom with variation in intensity and amounts of rain, with the highest rainfall on Friday reaching 33.4 in the Sadr Valley, located in Abha.

The following are the highest rainfall amounts recorded on Friday:

• Riyadh - Allaqah / Zulfi: 13 mm
• Makkah - Al-Qunfudhah: 28.45 mm
• Medina - Hamna / cradle: 0.40 mm
• Al-Qassim - Al-Burqa / Al-Asyah: 2.40 mm
• Sharqia - As-Seira / Hafar Al-Batin: 11.2 mm
• Hail - Al-Rajda / Al-Ghazala: 10.4 mm
• Jazan - Al-Haqo / Bish: 17.20 mm
• Al-Baha - Sukhwan / Baljurashi: 1.80 mm
• Al-Jawf - Skaka: 0.10 mm

It is worth noting that the volume of floods received by the dams until Saturday morning amounted to 7,102,277 m3

The severity of the rainy condition:

On Saturday, the rainy conditions intensified greatly, and apart from the expansion of the geographical area, the intensity of rain and the intensity of precipitation also increased, as it reached on this day the highest amounts of rain for the complete rainy state and was recorded in Al-Leith in the Makkah region, reaching 77.80 mm and the second highest rainfall recorded in Al-Baha, specifically in Baljurashi, which reached 73.2 mm, and the highest amount of precipitation in Riyadh was 27 mm and was recorded in Ashkir / Shaqra.

Suqia continued to affect parts of the western, southwest and central parts of the Kingdom on Sunday, but with less intensity than on Saturday, as the rains fell in various of these areas and reached the highest in Wadi Khaitan / Baljurashi in Al-Baha, where it recorded 21.6 mm, followed by the Jazan Dam / Al-Ardah in Jizan Rainfall amounts to 18 mm

On Monday, the rainy situation worsened again with varying severity in the various regions of the west, southwest and center of the Kingdom, weakly in the eastern regions, and the highest rainfall was recorded in the southwest of the Kingdom in the Asir region, specifically in Wadi Ze / Al-Namas, where the amount of rainfall there was 51.6 mm.

Following are the highest rainfall amounts recorded on Monday:

1. Asir - Wadi Zaid / Al Namas: 51.60 mm
2. Jazan - Farasan: .37 mm
3. Patio: 35.2 mm
4. Al-Qassim - Al-Bakrya: 21.5 mm
5. Riyadh - Shaqra: 19.30 mm

Suqia decreased again on Tuesday, as the highest amount of precipitation on that day was 18 mm, and it was also recorded in Wadi Zaid / Al Namas in Asir, and the amounts of precipitation generally decreased in the rest of the regions, so Farasan in Jizan recorded the amount of precipitation of 16 mm, followed by Al-Wad / Al Ardiyat in Makkah with only 13.4 mm

On Wednesday, the impact of the rainy situation decreased further, even in geographical areas, as the highest amount of precipitation was recorded in Buraidah in Al-Qassim, and it was only 5 mm.

On Friday, the rains returned to intensify a little again, specifically in parts of the eastern and central regions, with the highest amount of rain in Al-Nairiyah in the eastern region 35.7 mm, followed by Shaqra in Riyadh with a value of 18.03 mm

Source: The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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