Jordan | The Ministry of Irrigation: The general rainfall increased to 34.4% of the general average, and the dams’ storage amounted to 43.5 million cubic meters, or 15.5%.

2022-12-27 2022-12-27T09:52:13Z

Weather of Arabia - The Ministry of Water and Irrigation said that the volume of rain falling during the current rainy season exceeded the precipitation for the same period last year, and that the volume of rain that entered the dams and the runoff of valleys during the past 24 hours amounted to about 6 million cubic meters, concentrated in the Tannour / Tafila dams about 2 7,000,000 cubic meters, Al-Mujib / Al-Karak 758 thousand cubic meters, and the King Talal Dam / Jerash 1,295 million cubic meters, raising the total storage in the dams to 43.5 million cubic meters, or 15.5% of their total capacity of 280,760 million cubic meters, compared to 38 million m 3, or 13.8% for the same period last year, noting that all dams in all regions of the Kingdom had received amounts of precipitation during the past few hours, which included most of the regions of the Kingdom. And she added that the rainy season exceeded precipitation for the same period last year, as the volume of precipitation increased from the beginning of the season to about 2.823 billion m3 of the general annual rate, or 34.4% of the annual rate of 8.1 billion m3 annually, compared to 16.1 billion m3. % average for the same period last year, and the highest rate of rainfall recorded during the past 24 hours in Al-Shoubak, 45.4 mm. The total rainfall over all regions of the Kingdom during the past 24 hours amounted to about 1.147 billion cubic meters, concentrated in the governorates of Ma’an 741 million cubic meters, the capital 109 million cubic meters, Aqaba 87 million cubic meters, Mafraq 54 million cubic meters, Tafileh 44 million cubic meters, and Karak 40 million cubic meters. Regarding precipitation rates, the ministry indicated that the highest rate was in Ma'an governorate with 28.5 mm, concentrated in Shoubak with 45.4 mm, Al-Rajef with 44 mm, Sadaqa with 40.6 mm, Wadi Musa with 38.2 mm, and Ma'an with 31.6 mm. And Tafila governorate 21.1 mm concentrated in Qadisiyah 41 mm, Rashadiya 31.8 mm, Tafilah 24.8 mm, Al-Ais 22.9 mm, Al-Ain Al-Baida 12.1 mm, Al-Hasa 8.3 mm, and Abour 6.8 mm. Al-Karak governorate recorded 18.5 mm, concentrated in Al-Mazar and Al-Taybeh 33.2 mm, Al-Karak 29 mm, Mohi 18.8 mm, Al-Qasr and Ghor Al-Safi 14.9 mm, Wai 10.4 mm, Sada 14 mm, and Surafa 7.4 mm. And Al-Balqa governorate 16 mm concentrated in Al-Salt 34 mm, Ayra 28 mm, Wadi Shuaib 22.7 mm, Al-Hamr 21.9 mm, Al-Kafrin 17.4 mm, Um Joza 13.3 mm, Al-Subaihi 9.9 mm, Al-Karama 9.5 mm, Rmemin 7.8 mm, and Al-Shuna Southern 2.4 mm. Madaba 14.8 mm, Dhiban 26.4 mm, Al Jadeeda 23.8 mm, Hisban 20.7 mm, Southern Adasiyya 20.9 mm, Al Mashqar 18.2 mm, Madaba 12.8 mm, Al Wala 12 mm, Ma’in 10 mm, Malih 9.5 mm, Umm al-Rasas 5.3 mm, Khan al-Zabib 3.6 mm. The Capital Governorate recorded an average of 14.6 mm, Al-Bayader 26.6 mm, Naour 25.4 mm, Sweileh and Jubaiha 23 mm, Shmeisani 15.9 mm, Abu Alanda 15.5 mm, Tla’a Al-Ali 15.1 mm, Yajouz 12.0 mm. 4 mm, Jabal Al-Hussein 10.8 mm, Sahab 9.3, Al-Muwaqqar 7.9 mm, Giza 4.2 mm. The governorate of Aqaba recorded an average of 12.5 mm, the highest in Al-Quweira 23.3 mm, Aqaba 13.1 mm, Humaymah 10.4 mm, and Rahma 3.3 mm. Ajloun Governorate 10 mm, highest in Ajloun 16.8 mm, Anjara 14.7 mm, Khirbet Al-Wahdneh 11.9 mm, Ashtafina 9 mm, Arjan 7.2 mm, Abbein 3.9 mm, and Ras Munif 3.4 mm. Jerash governorate 7.3 mm, the highest in Burma 10.2 mm, Souf 9.8 mm, Dibbin 9.7 mm, Al-Kutta 8.9 mm, Asfour Gap 6.8 mm, Jerash City 5 mm, King Talal Dam 4.4 mm, Qafqafa 3.7 mm. Irbid governorate 4.9 mm 11.7 mm, Zibda 10.2 mm, Qimeem 8.5 mm, Al-Rayyan 8.5 mm, Umm Qais 5.8 mm, Irbid and Kafr Yuba 5.2 mm, Kafr Awan 4.8 mm, Naima 1.4 mm Samar 1.3 mm, Ramtha and Tora 1 mm. Zarqa governorate 4.8 mm, the highest in Rusaifa 9.8 mm, Khirbet As-Samra 8 mm, Zarqa and Sukhna 5.8 mm, Khalidiya 4.6 mm, Safawi 3.8 mm, Alouk 3.7 mm, Hallabat 2.2 mm. Al-Mafraq governorate 3.6 mm, Umm Al-Quteen 11.4 mm, Sabha 6.6 mm, Al-Mafraq 3.6 mm, Balama 4.5 mm, Rehab 2.2 mm, Hosha 1.4 mm, Al-Ruwaishid 1.3 mm, Al-Khanasri 1 mm, rounded 0.2 mm.

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