Northern Saudi cities document coldest temperatures of winter as mercury drops to –3°C

Saudi Gazette reportRIYADH — Northern cities of the Kingdom skilled a pointy drop in temperatures on Wednesday, marking the coldest circumstances recorded thus far this winter, in response to the Nationwide Middle for Meteorology (NCM). NCM spokesperson Hussain Al-Qahtani stated Turaif recorded the bottom temperature at minus 3 levels Celsius, adopted by Qurayyat at minus 2 levels. He additionally shared footage on his official X account exhibiting frost accumulating on rooftops in Rafha Governorate, underscoring the severity of the chilly spell throughout the area. Alongside the drop in temperatures within the north, the NCM issued orange-category climate warnings for components of the Riyadh area and the Japanese Province. In Riyadh, Al-Aflaj, Al-Saleel and Wadi Al-Dawasir are anticipated to expertise dusty circumstances from 5 a.m. Wednesday till 2 a.m. Thursday. Within the Japanese Province, Al-Adid is forecast to be affected by orange-category circumstances from 9 a.m. Wednesday till 2 a.m. Thursday. Related circumstances are anticipated in Al-Jubail, Al-Khobar, Al-Khafji, Dammam, Al-Qatif and Ras Tanura from 11 p.m. Tuesday till 2 a.m. Thursday, whereas Al-Ahsa and Buqayq are anticipated to be affected from 1 a.m. Wednesday till 2 a.m. Thursday. The orange-category warnings point out extreme climate circumstances, together with robust winds, heavy rain, hail, excessive temperatures and potential flooding. The developments observe an earlier NCM alert warning that reasonable to heavy rainfall is predicted in a number of areas of the Kingdom beginning Friday and persevering with via Sunday. The forecast contains the opportunity of downburst winds reaching speeds of 60 kilometers per hour or extra, hail, excessive waves and flash floods.

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