WASM – A strong rainy condition is expected over the Kingdom, beginning to affect it from Sunday evening and intensifying on Monday and Tuesday to become strong and affecting various regions as a result of a tropical wave with high humidity being pushed from the south of the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea region. This tropical wave will coincide with a low-pressure system northeast of Egypt.
- Thunderstorms on Sunday..
The Kingdom will be affected by the leading edge of the tropical wave in the afternoon and evening of Sunday, with heavy thunderstorm rain showers sometimes falling in some areas and coinciding with strong winds. These rains will be more intense toward the southeastern regions as the tropical wave approaches the Kingdom.
- The tropical wave affects the Kingdom on Monday and Tuesday..
The tropical wave will directly affect the Kingdom's weather on Monday and Tuesday, with heavy to extremely heavy thunderstorm rains in some periods and in various regions of the Kingdom. The strongest impact will be on the Dead Sea region, the center of the Kingdom, and its north and northeast. WASM advises continuous monitoring of Jordanian meteorological warnings and guidance from Civil Defense and Public Security, and not to underestimate the weather condition at all even if the weather appears sunny or stable, as weather changes and increased thunderstorm clouds occur within only 15 minutes.
Attention must be paid to torrential floods transported in low-lying areas and the Dead Sea, postponing all field and school trips, and following the instructions of Civil Defense and Public Security.
- Wednesday and Thursday.. Remnants of the weather condition..
The weather condition will weaken noticeably as the tropical wave moves eastward, with chances remaining for thunderstorm rain showers in various regions of the Kingdom, with better opportunities in the eastern exposed areas as well as the western mountainous regions.
- The rainy condition is regional and very wide in scope
The strong rainy condition will affect very wide areas of the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, northeast Egypt, and later Qatar, Bahrain, the UAE, and the Sultanate of Oman. Very large amounts of rain are expected in most of the region.
- Spring weather with moderate temperatures and renewed rains with the beginning of May..
A cooler and more humid air mass than usual will approach the Eastern Mediterranean region towards the end of next week and the beginning of the following week, with the opportunity for scattered rain renewed with temperatures below seasonal averages.
- The current rainy season will extend to a late period from the end of spring through the beginning of summer..
WASM Regional Center monitors the concentration of humid seasonal winds from the Arabian Sea toward western, northern, and central Saudi Arabia, with the continued push of less warm air masses toward the Eastern Mediterranean and the continued influx of tropical waves due to an unusual circulation of the atmosphere affected by the heat of oceans and seas. This will result in the continuation of the rainy season to a late period from the beginning of summer and in a rarely occurring manner.
Climate changes in the region have caused a significant increase in rainfall rates in the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula, and Jordan reaching 60% coinciding with rising temperatures, which means that any report that spoke about a decrease in rainfall rates in Jordan is incorrect.
