Today, Monday, is the first day of `the ember of heat,` the hottest day of the year

The weather of Arabia - Sinan Khalaf - anthrax al-Qaiz, its days began at dawn today, Monday, July 3, 2023 AD, in the Arabian Peninsula region, and "anrax al-Qaiz" is considered the hottest and most exhausting day of the year, and this period of time continues for 39 days.

What is anthrax?

The “ember of heat” that extends from July 3 to August 10 is known as high humidity, intense heat, and exhausting and muffled weather. Ibrahim Al-Jarwan, a member of the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences, researcher in astronomy and meteorology, stated that all regions of the Arabian Peninsula are witnessing what is known as “ember of heat.” ",

Heat among the Arabs

Al-Jarwan indicated in a previous interview that the heat, as the Arabs knew it from the time of the rising of the stars of the Pleiades to the rising of the star Suhail, has six stars of longitude, the first of which is the rising of the Pleiades at the dawn of June 7, then followed by Aldebaran at the dawn of June 20, which is the season of the Pleiades, which is characterized by the continued activity of the northern winds. Al-Bawarih”, then the heat comes in the middle with the rising of the stars of Gemini, whose atmosphere is characterized by the intensity of heat and toxins, which are dry and hot winds, and the intensity of heat reaches its peak, and its time is with the rising of the two stars of Al-Qaq’a, which rises at the dawn of July 3, and Al-Hana’a at the dawn of July 16, and with their rising it is the middle of the heat and intensifies in it The temperature reaches its highest levels during the year, touching 50 m in some areas, and it is called anthrax due to its intense heat and the burning of the earth.

And he added: And after them comes the two stars Al-Dhra’ Al-Marzam on July 29, and Al-Nathrah “Al-Kulaibiyyin” on August 11, in which high humidity begins to flow from the Arabian Sea with the calm of the winds and the continuation of the intensity of the heat, which is what the Arabs called “the malaise” because of the stress, fatigue and suffocating atmosphere it causes to coincide with the heat. high and high humidity.

The refraction of heat begins with the appearance of the star Suhail

With the entry of the star of the Suhail star at the dawn of August 24, the heat begins to break and recede, and it will be seen in the southeastern side, about half an hour before sunrise, and the rise of this star in the center of the Arabian Peninsula coincides with the date of the beginning of the clearing of the intense heat and the end of the heat in the Arabian Peninsula, and it continues to decorate the night sky. Until early May.

And "Al-Jarwan" indicated that the first weeks of Suhail's sunrise are called the "Al-Safri" season, or what is known as Al-Asfari, which extends to about mid-October, when the "Al-Wasm" season enters, the best times of beneficial rains during which many types of wild plants useful for pasture grow.