Summer thunderstorms have been exceptionally strong around July 14th, 2010 in southern Saudi Arabia. The storms affected Taif, Gizan, Asir mountains, and surrounding areas. While summer rain is normal in southern Saudi Arabia and Yemen due to tropical air extending from Africa and the Arabian Sea, the recent storms were stronger and wetter than normal. The storms resulted in 7 casualities!
Videos of Gizan storms:
Video 1
Video 2
Video 3
hi, is it true there are some predictions about another tropical storm in arabian sea sometime August this year?
Tropical storms don’t form in august in our region. A monsoon low is possible however.
Thank you Ahmed….. hope there will be some rain to cool the temperature down during ramadhan insha allah
Thanks Ahmad for your kind report.
Actually, I am noticing that the ITCZ this year in an unusual positions. ECMWF and other model predicting rare thunderstorms in Jordan during the second half of the coming week.
Lets see what will happen.
Kind Regards from Amman
Yes, it seems the tropics have gone a little crazy this summer. Very wet in Southern Saudi Arabia and Yemen. So has it rained in Jordan?
I think you have missed one storm in saudi.. a low pressure which caused heavy rain on 22 dec 2009.. this video shows the place Yanbu near madinah.. want a gimplse of that storm? here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTxYBFqwQFc