NCM points rain and thunderstorm alert throughout a number of areas

JEDDAH — The Nationwide Heart for Meteorology (NCM) on Saturday warned of sunshine to reasonable rainfall accompanied by energetic winds and thunderstorms affecting a number of governorates and facilities within the Makkah area, together with Jeddah, Khulais, Al-Kamil, Rabigh, Adham and Bahrah. The middle stated the climate circumstances might result in lowered visibility, hail, flash flooding and excessive sea waves in coastal areas, noting that the alert stays in impact till 8 p.m. In a separate assertion, the middle warned of reasonable to heavy thunderstorms inflicting flash floods, accompanied by hail and dust-raising winds, over elements of Madinah, Qassim, Hail, Tabuk, Al-Jouf, the Northern Borders and the Japanese Province, in addition to northern areas of the Riyadh area. An earlier report by the middle indicated that floor winds over the Crimson Sea might be southwesterly to northwesterly over the northern and central elements, and southeasterly to southwesterly over the southern half, at speeds of 20 to 40 kph, reaching as much as 50 kph with the formation of thunderclouds. Wave heights are anticipated to vary from one to 2 meters, rising to 2 and a half meters in areas affected by thunderstorms, with sea circumstances various from mild to reasonable and changing into tough in elements of the northern and central Crimson Sea.

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