WASM- WASM Regional Center is monitoring a heavy rainfall weather condition across the entire Middle East region including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and all countries in the region due to a comprehensive and unusual heavy weather condition that will result in very large amounts of rain in those areas coinciding with cold weather, which is expected to begin tomorrow, Tuesday, in Saudi Arabia and the Arab Gulf countries and then intensify at the end of the week to include all countries in the region.
Saudi Arabia.. A heavy wave of rainfall over wide areas..
The heavy rainfall weather condition includes wide areas of Saudi Arabia starting tomorrow, Tuesday, over the west of Riyadh region, Al-Qassim, Hafar Al-Batin, and parts of the Eastern Region and southwestern Saudi Arabia. The rainfall will be heavy and cause the formation of floods, and the weather condition will intensify at the end of the week and include most areas of Saudi Arabia including the capital Riyadh where heavy rainfall is expected. The heavy rainfall conditions are expected to recur continuously throughout the winter period, bringing large amounts of rain. WASM Regional Center forecasts an early start to the rainy season in western and northern Saudi Arabia and a late start in central and eastern Saudi Arabia during the beginning of the rainy season. Given the technology that it possesses, the forecast results have aligned with reality, God willing.
Kuwait.. Heavy rainfall..
Rainfall begins in Kuwait on Tuesday evening and continues until Thursday sporadically, then renews heavily during Friday and Saturday with expectations of renewed rainfall waves during the coming weeks due to high activity of Mediterranean low-pressure systems at a rate exceeding the normal average.
Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia..
Rainfall will be heavy in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia as well as Qatar, Bahrain, and the Emirates, especially during the end of this week and the beginning of next week, and heavy rainfall waves are expected to recur during the winter season due to very high activity of Mediterranean low-pressure systems.
Jordan, Palestine, and the Levant..
Jordan, Palestine, and the Levant region are strongly affected by heavy rainfall weather conditions, where it is expected that these weather conditions will bring "massive amounts of rainfall" and the weather conditions begin on Friday and continue for long days accompanied by winter storms and heavy rainfall with the possibility of very cold polar waves occurring in some periods.
Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean..
Egypt is also affected by the heavy rainfall weather condition starting from Thursday night and lasting for several days accompanied by heavy rainfall, flooding, and flash floods, especially over the northern parts of Egypt, which requires full preparation for the weather condition.
Iraq, Turkey, and Countries of the Region..
The weather condition includes Iraq, Turkey, Iran, and countries of the region with massive amounts of rainfall causing the formation of floods and possibly rising water levels of rivers in some areas due to the continuous heavy rainfall.
The upcoming weather condition in the Middle East region is classified as strong and unusual due to its wide coverage, significant intensity, and continuation for long days, which requires the responsible authorities and countries of the region to prepare fully for the weather conditions. WASM issues the orange level of heavy rainfall weather conditions during the coming days, which is expected to rise in some areas, especially Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, and parts of eastern Saudi Arabia and Iraq, to the red level due to the heavy and continuous rainfall
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