Emirates Meteorology Portal

March marks the start of meteorological spring (while astronomical spring starts around March 20-22). There will be several rounds of showers and thunderstorms over parts of the Arabian Peninsula between March 4th and 19th. March 15 – 18: A third round is expected over Southwestern Saudi Arabia, especially over red sea coast and mountainous areas including Jeddah and Mecca. Scattered thunderstorms with heavy rainfall are expected to erupt during the afternoon hours of Tuesday Mar 15th and continue to Thursday. Thunderstorms could also hit western Yemen and much of southern Red Sea. A 500mb shortwave trough left behind the main  [ Read More ]