Weather in Arabia – Weather maps from the Arab Meteorological Center indicate that the Maghreb countries are affected by a very cold polar air mass accompanied by a deep and stormy atmospheric depression, starting tonight and during the weekend, on the other hand, the region of the eastern Mediterranean basin. experiences a strong air mass and temperatures above average for this time of year.
Very cold weather in Algeria and Tunisia, with heavy and accumulated snow on the mountainous highlands
In detail, the Maghreb countries are affected by an extremely cold polar air mass accompanied by a deep air depression (returning towards the East), where the weather is very cold, clouds multiply and rain falls on various regions of northwestern Libya, Tunisia, and in various regions of northern Algeria, including the capital, the rains are very heavy, accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and strong storms hail, and the ground and the topography of the earth contribute to the process of rising air, particularly the Atlas Mountains. range and regions Neighborhood. Mountain valleys and low-lying areas are vulnerable to flash floods, in addition to the high risk of flooding in several regions due to large amounts of rain expected in some areas.
Snow is expected over many areas of northern Algeria and northern Tunisia, particularly those with altitudes above 1,000 meters, sometimes extending below due to the strength and density of snow. cumulonimbus. Sometimes the snow is dense and accumulates in different thicknesses depending on the case. on height, and accumulation increases as height above sea level increases, as snow leads to roads and accumulates on tree branches and utility pole wires.
Depression and polar air mass include Morocco
According to the same weather maps that we have at the Arab Regional Meteorological Center, the effects of the depression and the very cold air mass include the Maghreb, where cold to very cold weather prevails in northern Morocco, and where rain falls in varying amounts, accompanied by showers of thunder and hail, and flurries of snow falling on the highlands of the Atlas Mountains, it accumulates as the altitude increases above from sea level.
Strong winds and very cold weather in all regions of the Maghreb
Under the influence of the polar air mass, the atmosphere is cold to very cold, and minimum temperatures drop below zero degrees Celsius, particularly in northern Algeria, and active to strong northerly winds -west to west are blowing, accompanied by strong gusts exceeding 100 km/h. hour on the mountainous highlands, particularly from Morocco and Algeria. Rough seas prevail, with waves reaching heights of more than 4 meters near the coast and at depth. On another level, strong winds are expected to cause strong and huge dust waves in many desert areas of Morocco, Algeria and Libya.
-Depression and snow in Morocco are reflected in stable weather in the eastern Mediterranean
From a scientific point of view, the weather systems of the Northern Hemisphere are linked to each other, because the relationship between the shape of the weather systems of the south of the European continent and that of the Maghreb countries is inverse. For the countries of the eastern basin of the Mediterranean Sea to be affected by atmospheric depressions and winter systems, an anticyclone must be concentrated in southwest Europe and the countries of the Arab Maghreb.
However, in the current situation, the influx of cold winds to the above-mentioned regions causes above-average winds to shift to the Eastern Mediterranean countries, leading to a delay in precipitation and the predominance of high pressure systems atmospheric which prevent the advance of winter depressions towards the region.
And God knows best.
This article was originally written in Arabic and was translated using a third-party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors.
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