WASM - The Kingdom will be affected by the first rainy condition this season, which is expected to be "long-lasting," starting late Tuesday/Wednesday night and intensifying by the end of the week, continuing throughout the following week in intervals and sometimes coinciding with dust-stirring winds, especially during the beginning of the rainy condition.
The rainy condition starts from the Eastern Badia on Tuesday/Wednesday night|
Rainy weather conditions will begin to affect a wide range of desert badias, sometimes heavily, late tonight, then extending to parts of the central and northern regions on Wednesday morning in the form of scattered thundery showers coinciding sometimes with dust-stirring winds, and chances of rain will decrease on Wednesday evening.
Flood chances| possible in desert areas.
Alert level | Yellow.
Wind direction| variable between easterly and westerly.
Thundery showers on Thursday and Friday concentrated in the Western Strip|
Unstable weather conditions will continue to affect the Kingdom, this time concentrated in the western strip while affecting various regions at the same time. Thundery rain showers with hail are expected in intervals, and heavy rainfall is not ruled out with chances of local flash floods in some areas.
Flood chances| local impact in various areas
Alert level | Yellow in various regions.
Wind direction| westerly turning to strong easterly and dust-stirring at times.
Intensification of the rainy condition on Saturday and Sunday with heavy precipitation |
A low-pressure system will form southeast of Cyprus accompanied by an unstable cold and moist air mass, coinciding with the expected passage of a cold front on Saturday evening, leading to intensification and regularity of precipitation across various regions, especially the western regions of the Kingdom, which increases the chances of flash floods and transported floods.
Flood chances| high.
Alert level| Orange, especially in the northern, central, and eastern regions.
Wind direction| westerly with active speed.
The rainy condition continues throughout the following week|
The Kingdom will continue to be affected by a moist and cold air mass during the following week, leading to continued rainfall in intervals with cold temperatures below seasonal averages, with expectations of renewed intensification of these rains later toward the end of next week.
The WASM Regional Center issued the November 2024 monthly bulletin which forecasts significant rainfall rates in the region and unseasonable cold.
