Update Date | 13-11-2026
WASM: Monitoring new and heavy rainy conditions after the middle of the month, God willing, followed by a severe cold wave at the end of the month (details will be issued soon).
- The continuation of the rainy system over the weekend across northern Riyadh, Qassim, Makkah, Jeddah, and surrounding areas.
- The return of rain and cold depressions to the Levant and Iraq during the second half of next week, preceding a severe cold wave at the end of the month and the beginning of December (details coming soon).
- The expected severe cold wave will be unusual compared to this time of the year, occurring late this month due to concurrent "exceptional" global climatic factors.
- Rainy conditions will continue in Saudi Arabia—concentrated in the western, northern, and central regions—as well as in Kuwait during the coming period, while the Levant and Iraq are heavily affected by low-pressure systems.
Weather Forecast Details by Region and Country:
Saudi Arabia, the Arab Gulf, and the Arabian Peninsula:
Cold weather in northern and northwestern Saudi Arabia, God willing, followed by a notable rise in temperatures over the weekend and next week.
The rainy activity will recede, but it will persist in parts of northern Riyadh, Qassim, parts of Hail, Makkah, Jeddah, Asir, Jazan, Al-Baha, and Taif—especially over the weekend, God willing.
The weather will stabilize by the middle of next week with a temporary rise in temperatures, while chances for scattered rain showers remain, particularly in the western part of Saudi Arabia.
We are monitoring a new and heavy rainy system that will concentrate on the western part of Saudi Arabia and the Red Sea coasts during the second half of next week; details will be released soon.
The Levant:
Temperatures will rise this weekend and the cold wave will subside, with temperatures slightly exceeding their seasonal averages by mid-week.
Rain showers will fall, especially in northwestern Syria and Lebanon. We are also monitoring a new and heavy rainy system starting during the second half of next week due to the return of low-pressure activity to the region.
We are tracking a "severe" and unusual cold wave starting at the end of the current month and the beginning of next month, and details will be issued soon.
Jordan:
The severe cold wave will gradually recede from the kingdom, temperatures will rise, and normal seasonal autumn weather will return with a weak chance of limited rain showers in the extreme north of the kingdom over the weekend.
A "heavy" rainy system resulting from cold low-pressure systems will affect the country starting late next week, followed by a severe cold wave at the end of the month and the beginning of next month. Details about the rainy conditions will be released soon.
Syria:
The severe cold wave will recede from Syria, and temperatures will rise over the weekend, God willing.
Scattered rain showers will fall on Thursday and Friday in some areas, especially coastal and northwestern regions.
A "heavy" rainy system will gradually affect the country during the second half of the week, followed by a "severe" cold wave during the end of the current month and the beginning of next month.
Palestine:
The winter cold wave will recede, temperatures will rise, and seasonal autumn weather will return.
Limited rain showers will fall, especially in coastal areas, over the weekend alongside continued cold weather, followed by an increase in temperatures.
We expect a heavy rainy system later on, starting at the end of the week, followed by a severe cold wave during the final week of the month.
Lebanon:
The cold wave will recede and temperatures will rise to their seasonal autumn averages, followed by the renewal of rain showers at the end of the weekend.
Heavy rains will renew during the second half of next week, followed by a severe cold wave during the final week of the month.
Iraq:
Unseasonably cold and stable weather, followed by rising temperatures next week and the return of seasonal autumn weather.
A heavy rainy system will affect the country, God willing, during the second half of next week, and details will be issued soon.
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