Jordan | This weekend's stretch of the Siberian Highlands brings extremely cold, dry weather

Arab Weather - The latest output of the numerical weather models processed by the Air Operations Department at the Arab Regional Weather Center indicates that the Kingdom is affected from Thursday and during the weekend by an extension of the so-called Siberian air altitude, where there is a noticeable decrease in temperatures to become around to less than their rates relative to For this time of the year, the weather turns cold in many areas, especially over the high mountainous heights, and mild in the Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea and the city of Aqaba, with the appearance of clouds at medium and high altitudes in some areas.

A decrease in the night temperature and an increase in the weather at night

As a result of the Kingdom being affected by the extension of the so-called Siberian air altitude, an additional decrease in night temperatures is expected on Thursday and the end of the week, as the weather becomes cold in most regions of the Kingdom, tending to cold in the Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea and the city of Aqaba, which requires wearing warmer clothes.

Where temperatures are around 10 degrees Celsius in large areas of the Kingdom, including the capital, Amman, especially the eastern plains and the Badia regions.

A strong easterly to southeasterly wind, which increases the feeling of cold

It is expected, God willing, that moderate easterly to southeasterly winds will be active at the end of the week, accompanied by strong gusts exceeding the 50 km/hour barrier, especially on Saturday, especially in the mountainous heights and the northern regions, causing an increase in the feeling of coldness, and raising dust and dust in the areas. The desert and the open.

The reason is due to the doubling of the speed of the eastern winds when blowing over the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea, because the wind blows from the eastern side to the western side (a direction opposite to the normal behavior of the winds), as the eastern winds ascend towards the slopes of the western mountainous heights, and descend very quickly towards the areas of the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea due to the low These areas are above sea level, and the coldness and dryness of the eastern winds, which makes them heavy in weight and thus double their intensity and speed when they descend from the slopes of the western mountains, where some peaks are more than 1700 meters high, towards the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea, whose height does not exceed -400 meters.

What is the Siberian High?

The Siberian high is defined as a huge mass of cold air, which gathers over the Siberian region in northeastern Eurasia. Characteristics of the Siberian high altitude because it is formed as a result of intense surface cooling over continental areas far from marine influences.

The Siberian High is responsible for cold and dry waves in large areas of Europe and Asia, and its impact may cross the Arctic Ocean to affect Canada and the United States.

Important recommendations from Arab weather

• Heavy clothes when leaving the house, especially in the morning and night
• Focus on children's clothing
• Attention to the risk of an increase in the proportion of dust and dust raised in the atmosphere and its impact on respiratory patients.

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God knows.