Winter is Here; Jeddah Floods; Arabia Weather Under the Spotlight

A few things:

• Saudi Arabia flood deaths in Jeddah exceeded 100. Very sad indeed. Apparently rainfall total reached 150mm, according to Jim Andrews’s analysis, with more thunderstorms still possible there
• UAE weather has become cooler as Shamal winds behind a weak cold front have reached the UAE since last Sunday
• Meteorological winter has started on Dec 1st
• Unstable  weather (quite prolonged) to make a comeback across Arabia starting from today. Showers/thunderstorms will start forming in western and central Saudi Arabia (including Jeddah), all the way to Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar, and possibly the UAE later (a big ?). central southern Iran and western Iraq will be affected as well. All that is set to take place between today Dec 3 and at least through Wednesday Dec 9. And it seems that somewhere in the Arabian Gulf big amounts of rain are possible. It is yet to determine the exact intensity and coverage of this weather system

 

Rain/Snow forecast for next 15 days