Saudi Arabia | A cold air mass rushes to the north on Thursday and Friday, affecting the center of the Kingdom and Riyadh at the beginning of the week

Arab Weather - Sinan Khalaf - The latest outputs of our computer simulation systems in the "Arab Regional Weather Center" indicate that the northern sector of the Kingdom was gradually affected by a rush of a less hot air mass coming from the north, with moderate temperatures during the day and cold during the day and cold at night, starting from Thursday .

Winter and cold weather are not over yet

An air mass with winter temperatures rushing towards the north of the Kingdom

According to current forecasts, a significant decrease in temperatures will occur in many regions, including Arar, Sakaka and Tabuk, and it is expected that the lowest temperatures will drop remarkably in the border areas near Jordan, such as Qurayyat, Arar and Sakaka, in which temperatures are expected to drop by about 5 degrees. And maybe less than that over the weekend.

As for Jabal Al-Lawz, the maximum temperatures drop to be in the early twenties during the day hours, starting from Wednesday, while they drop at night to within 2 degrees Celsius below zero, while the maximum does not exceed 12 degrees Celsius on Friday.

Low temperature in the middle and east of the Kingdom

The cold bloc affects the rest of the Kingdom at the beginning of the week

And during the beginning of next week, it is expected that the cold air mass will push towards the central and eastern parts of the Kingdom, so that it will work to reduce temperatures to lower values than they were during the past week, to reach the mid-twenties Celsius in Riyadh, and God knows best.

Disease season begins

Warning of the high possibility of cold and flu diseases

With the Kingdom entering under the influence of these thermal fluctuations, it should be noted that these atmospheres will increase the possibility of cold and flu diseases, as a result of the large temperature differences between night and day, and even from day to day during the coming period.