Jordan | Weather Alert: Rare Seasonal Rainy Conditions Sunday and Monday with Risk of Flash Floods in Various Areas

Published 2023-05-25 · By Hasan Abdullah

Jordan | Weather Alert: Rare Seasonal Rainy Conditions Sunday and Monday with Risk of Flash Floods in Various Areas

The Kingdom will be affected by a rare seasonal rainy condition starting Saturday evening and intensifying on Sunday and Monday, becoming severe in some areas, resulting in heavy rainfall in various regions which will cause the formation of flash floods and flash floods in general.

In detail, temperatures will rise slightly on Friday and Saturday coinciding with active winds and dust stirring, especially in desert areas, as a result of the country being affected by an unusual atmospheric low pressure system compared to this time of year, positioned over the Cyprus Basin.

Thundery showers will begin falling in the evening of Saturday over various regions coinciding with active wind gusts and dust stirring and a decrease in horizontal visibility range, especially in desert areas, with rainfall intensifying on Sunday and Monday over wide areas of the country.

Heavy thundery rainfall Sunday and Monday..
Heavy thundery rainfall will fall on Sunday and Monday over wide areas of the Kingdom as a result of the country being affected by moist seasonal winds accompanied by the effect of the unusual atmospheric low pressure system which is positioned around the Cyprus Basin.

As a result of heavy rainfall in many areas, flash floods and flash floods are expected to form, and the WASM Regional Center will issue a high-precision map to identify areas where flash floods are expected to form.

Strong winds stirring dust in some periods..
Due to the density of cumulonimbus clouds and heavy rainfall in various areas, this causes strong winds and dense dust stirring in some periods, which require the highest degree of caution and alertness, especially for patients with respiratory diseases, allergies and asthma, as well as road users, as dust waves are expected to sometimes cause complete loss of horizontal visibility and suddenly.

Weather stability on Tuesday..
The rainy weather condition that is rare seasonally will move away to the Eastern Badiah region and northern Saudi Arabia and Iraq, temperatures will drop slightly and the weather will stabilize, but weather fluctuations are expected to continue later from the beginning of June, and details will be issued progressively.

Continuation of weather fluctuations that are rare occurrences until the first half of June..
Weather fluctuations that are "rare occurrences" will continue until the first half of June due to unusual atmospheric circulation and the continued effect of moist seasonal winds on the Arabian Peninsula region and the Eastern Mediterranean Basin, noting that the expected rainy condition at the beginning of the week will be considered a wide regional impact that includes Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, the Levant region, Palestine and a wide range of Turkey.

Important alerts..
The WASM Regional Center recommends continuous monitoring of warnings from the Jordanian Meteorology Department and guidelines from the Civil Defense and General Security, and staying away from low-lying areas and places where flash floods accumulate, as well as advising farmers to pay attention to agricultural crops due to the expected sharp and seasonally rare weather fluctuations, and the WASM Regional Center issues an orange alert level for weather conditions on Sunday and Monday.

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