Damascus - Sana
The country is exposed to a rapid polar depression, with medium effectiveness, peaking on Friday, which is the coldest since the beginning of the current winter, interspersed with heavy rain and snow on areas more than 900 meters.
Knaaz Kiwan of Meteorology said in a statement to SANA today that starting from this night, the atmosphere will remain cold in most areas and warns in the early morning hours of the occurrence of frost and fog in most of the interior areas and the formation of ice on the mountainous highlands during the day and the weather continues stable with a slight rise on Temperatures are close to their levels during the afternoon hours.
Kiwan added that tomorrow the region is expected to be affected by an air depression with a polar origin that will affect the eastern Mediterranean region starting from the western regions. The precipitation extends during the night hours to the rest of the areas gradually and the precipitation is abundant and accompanied by thunderstorms sometimes and warns of the formation of torrents in low areas and valleys. It is snowy in areas over 1,000 meters during the night and dawn on Friday.
Kiwan added: It is gradually with the deepening of the depression more and the influence of the polar mass on most areas. It is expected that the effectiveness will increase during Friday morning until evening hours to become more abundant and snowy in areas that exceed 900 m, especially the Qalamoun heights and the southern region, and it is possible that the precipitation is snowy Accumulated rain mixed with low altitudes, especially in the northeastern region and the island, while it is expected that the high areas around Damascus will experience snowfall of various thicknesses.
As for the city, the precipitation will be mixed with rain during Friday morning and not cumulative.
Kiwan indicated that the western winds are expected to intensify from Thursday evening until Friday afternoon, to reach a speed of donations to 60 km per hour, specifically in the western and southern regions, and the sea will be high in the high waves during this period.
Kiwan added: As of Friday evening hours, the atmosphere tends to be stable starting from the western regions, and the weather changes during the day to clear, few clouds and cool at night during the coming period, with a warning about the formation of ice on the mountainous highlands, frosts and fog in various interior regions and the cold stable condition continues at night until The middle of next week.
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