Jordan - Statistics | The strongest weather events that affected the Kingdom during the month of February 2021 brought heavy rain and heavy snow

Arab Weather - The month of February 2021 ended with temperatures around the highest average in all regions of the Kingdom, and the amounts of rain around the average in the north and center of the Kingdom slightly higher in some parts, and below the usual rate in the southern and eastern regions, and the Kingdom was exposed to many Weather conditions that are the strongest since the beginning of the season.

Following is a summary of the weather events that affected the Kingdom during February 2021

3-4 / February / 2021 a strong and comprehensive case of air instability : the Kingdom was affected on Tuesday evening 3 February by a strong and comprehensive state of instability in the season, which started from the south and southeast of the Kingdom in the form of thunderstorms that included the city of Aqaba, and reached a state of instability Its climax was on Wednesday, February 4, when thunder clouds covered all regions of the Kingdom, and the rains that were thunderous and torrential and accompanied by heavy showers of hail and rainfalls, including the capital, Amman, and the state of air instability worked on:

1- Torrential torrents and waterfalls are formed from rainwater in a number of regions of the Kingdom, especially the southern and eastern ones, and the water level has increased significantly on the roads.

2- Baghdad International Road to Al-Safawi was cut off and closed due to torrential torrents.

3- The death of 4 people swept away by torrents in the east of the kingdom, specifically the Ruwaished region, "may God have mercy on them."

4- A number of people were besieged in different regions of the Kingdom as a result of the torrents, as the torrents raided a number of homes.

16-18 / February / 2021 fourth-degree air depression ( highly effective ): The Kingdom was affected by the first air depression of the fourth degree for this season that affected in two stages, as it crossed the first front on Tuesday evening February 16, which led to a drop in temperatures and thunderstorms The abundance in the north and center of the Kingdom, as snow fell over mountain heights of more than 900 meters, and the main, stronger air front crossed the north of the Kingdom during the day on Wednesday, February 17 and extended Wednesday evening to the center and south of the Kingdom, where snow fell with high intensity over the areas that rise 800 Meters above sea level extended to below that in some periods.

The air depression was also accompanied by strong winds accompanied by storm gusts exceeding 100 km / hour in some regions of the Kingdom, which caused the formation of dust waves in the desert regions, and the air depression brought huge amounts of rain that reached and exceeded the limits of 100 mm in some northern and central regions of the Kingdom, The largest snow thickness in Ras Munif (Ajloun) reached more than 60 cm of snow, and the thickness of the snow in the west of the capital Amman reached 25 cm, and the air depression caused the declaration of a state of emergency and the closure of a large number of the Kingdom's roads due to the accumulation of snow Official institutions and bodies during the impact of the depression, and the snow that accompanied the depression is considered the strongest and comprehensive since 2015, especially for the central and northern regions.

4-5 / February / 2021 A moderate state of air instability : Different regions of the Kingdom were affected by a moderate state of air instability concentrated in the south of the Kingdom, and showers of rain in narrow geographical areas, and snowfall and accumulation (rarely in such The cases) over parts of the peaks of the Sharah Mountains, which necessitated the opening of roads through machinery.

27-28 / February / 2021 A weak state of atmospheric instability : Parts of the southern and southeastern regions of the Kingdom were affected by a weak state of instability, which caused sporadic showers of rain.

Number of depressions by class:

° First class (weak): no air activity.

° II (normal): no air activity.

° III (medium-high): No air activity.

° Class IV (highly effective): 1

° 5th class (exceptional storm): no air activity.

Total cases: 1

Number of atmospheric instabilities by severity:

Weak: 1

Medium °: 1

° Medium-strong: no air activity.

Strong °: 1

Total cases: 3

thanks to God.