- JEDDAH: More rainfall is predicted across the Kingdom over the next few days, said Mansour Al-Mazroui, head of the Meteorology Department and director of the Center of Excellence for Climate Change Research at King Abdulaziz University.
Some central and northeastern parts of the Kingdom have been in the grip of late winter and spring rains for the last few days, said Al-Mazroui, adding that heavy sandstorms were reported in some parts of the country on Monday.
Al-Mazroui said further rains with isolated showers over the southwestern regions of the Kingdom, including the southern coastal areas of Makkah, are expected on Tuesday. He said this was due to strong southerly wet and warm winds.
There is also a probability of rainfall in Jeddah and Makkah during this period. This rainfall is likely to move toward the central and eastern parts of the Kingdom on Thursday.
Al-Mazroui attributed the rain to the La Nina phenomenon, which has disrupted the global weather cycle this winter.
Although the Kingdom is not directly affected, some indirect impacts have been recently observed.
