Only 5 degrees Celsius! This is how the thermometers collapsed in the city of Hail, while the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia struggled with an exceptional cold wave that swept throughout it today, Sunday, accompanied by violent thunderstorms and dust storms that caused almost complete lack of horizontal visibility.
The National Center of Meteorology recorded a shocking temperature difference of up to 26 degrees between the coldest and warmest regions in the country during the same day, as Hail froze at 5 degrees Celsius, while Jeddah maintained its relative warmth at 31 degrees.
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The devastating heat map reveals:
- Tabuk is drowning in extreme cold, with a low of 6 degrees
- The capital, Riyadh, drops to 10 degrees amid moderate thunderstorms
- Medina faces 16 degrees with winds stirring dust and wind
- Taif and Al-Baha recorded 10 degrees in volatile weather
The Meteorological Authority confirmed that the Tabuk region will witness very cold weather, especially with the arrival of the evening, while the eastern region will be exposed to moderate intensity rain accompanied by strong winds that will lead to an almost complete lack of visibility.
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The active dust winds caused a serious decline in horizontal visibility across Mecca and Medina, while the capital, Riyadh, faces unstable weather due to thunderstorms accompanied by high-speed winds.
It is noteworthy that search engines have witnessed an increasing demand from citizens to follow exceptional weather developments, amid warnings from weather experts of the need to be extremely careful and stay in safe places.
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