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 ]
Archive for the ‘Snow’ Category
Feb 8-9: A few showers UAE weather details: partly cloudy to mostly cloudy conditions are expected on Feb 9th with scatterred light showers affecting northern/northeastern UAE. A few scatterred rain showers (sometimes thundery), with periods of clouds and sunshine affected the Arabian Gulf countries of Kuwait, Bahrain, , parts of Saudi Arabia (central, western Red Sea coast, and Arabian Gulf coast) on Feb 8th. The chance of widespread rain is not high as rain showers are likely to be isolated to scatterred. However, that doesn’t rule out the possibilty for some thunderstorms. Elsewhere, showers could extend to parts of the [ Read More ]
A heavy rain outbreak took place between Jan 17 and 19 over the mid Arabian Gulf, Qatar, Bahrain, and central Saudi Arabia. Heaviest rainfall recorded of 158mm in Al Dammam, that is almost 2 years rainfall in one day. Riyadh recorded 61mm while Bahrain and Qatar recorded around 26mm. Several areas recorded similar amounts. The heavy rain resulted in traffic problems and school closure in Riyadh. More than 40 mm of rain in western UAE between Jan 20-22 while highest rainfall in Oman was 78mm in Izki. Meanwhile, Tabuk mountains observed thick snow during the last few days as temperatures [ Read More ]
The weather pattern across Southwest Asia has started changing starting January 13, 2011. There could be periods of cloudy and rainy weather over the region with some thunderstorms. The recent cold wave is also ending, giving way to milder and warmer weather associated with such clouds and rain. This spell of active weather ended around Jan 22nd. Heaviest rainfall recorded of more than 150mm in Saudi Arabia. The Big Picture: The area shaded blue has a chance of experiencing such conditions. Not all areas will be affected at the same time as low pressure systems travelling eastward result in rainfall [ Read More ]
