Damascus-Sana
The meteorologist, Kenaz Kiwan, confirmed that the current depression is not called a storm or a hurricane, as some websites have mentioned in terms of formation conditions, values of atmospheric pressure, winds, and the phenomena associated with it.
In a statement to SANA, Kiwan explained that this depression is a continuation of the influence of the Mediterranean depression accompanied by a cold and humid air mass as a result of the descent of cold air towards the west of the island of Cyprus, which led to the formation of a surface depression in the southwest of it, which is the first air depression of Mediterranean origin this season.
Kiwan indicated that the most important factors that contributed to increasing the effectiveness of this depression are the thermal differences of the surface temperature of the eastern waters of the Mediterranean Sea, which is 22 degrees compared to the cold mass associated with the atmospheric depression, which led to the continuation and increase of the air efficiency to be more pronounced in areas around the center of the depression where it was observed. High rainfall effectiveness in coastal areas during daylight hours.
He referred to the merging of the Mediterranean depression formed with the extension of the depression from the south during the hours of this afternoon, which led to the continuation and increase of air effectiveness in some areas during this night and tomorrow in the form of heavy rain showers that will be witnessed by the coastal and central regions, Qalamoun, Damascus and the southeastern regions, respectively, as he warns of Floods form in valleys and cliffs.