Cloudy weather on the first day of the new year

Low temperatures, rain and brisk winds feature January 2021

The incidence of fog increases more in the interior than in the coastal areas.

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The National Center of Meteorology expected that tomorrow (the first day of the new year 2021) the weather will be partly cloudy to sometimes cloudy over the sea, islands and some western regions, and wet at night until Saturday morning, with the possibility of light fog forming in some interior areas, while the center confirmed that the most prominent features of the atmosphere Next January is represented by lower temperatures, increased activity of dusty winds, in addition to the increase in clouds and rain falling in separate areas of the country.

In detail, the National Center of Meteorology reported that the month of January is characterized by a decrease in temperatures, where the weather is moderate during the day and cold at night in general, due to the impact of the region by the extension of the Siberian air height extending from the north accompanied by a cold air mass that affects the country, and the Arabian Peninsula generally.

According to the center, the region is also affected during this month by a number of surface depressions passing from west to east, and sometimes by the extension of the Red Sea depression, and sometimes the presence of these depressions is accompanied by an extension of an upper air depression, which leads to the proliferation of clouds on the state in some days This month, with rains.

He said: “The country also witnesses, during this month, activity of the northwest winds sometimes (called the north wind), which cause sand and dust in the interior areas, especially the open ones, and these winds also lead to the rise of sea waves in the Arabian Gulf.”

The center added: "During January, the relative humidity increases, especially in the early morning, which creates an opportunity for fog and light fog to form, and the rate of fog occurrence increases in the interior regions more than the coastal areas."

He reported that the average temperature during January ranges between 16.4 and 20.0 degrees Celsius, so that the average maximum temperature is between 21.3 and 25.7 degrees Celsius, and the average minimum temperature is between 11.6 and 15.0 degrees Celsius, noting that the highest The temperature recorded during this month was 36.0 degrees Celsius in some areas, such as Assab in 1991 and Al Hayer in 1983, while the lowest temperature was recorded on Rukna in 2008, which reached -1 (below zero degrees).

He explained that the average wind speed is 12 km / hour, as the highest wind speed of 99.7 (km / h) was recorded in Al Ghuwaifat in 2003, while the average relative humidity during this month is 64%, including the average maximum relative humidity. It is between 79% and 91%, and the average minimum relative humidity is between 35% and 47%.

The center noted that the highest year in which fog occurred during the past years was the year 2010, when the number of repeated occurrence of fog was 17 days of fog and five days of light fog, while the highest amount of rain recorded during January was 229.9 mm at Saqr port in 2020.

Regarding the weather conditions, during the next four days, the center expected that the weather today will be healthy to partly cloudy and sometimes cloudy in the east, and wet at night until Friday morning, with the possibility of fog or light fog forming in some interior areas, pointing out that the winds will be northeasterly Light to moderate northwest, with speed ranging from 15 to 25 km / h, up to 35 km / h at sea, which is light to medium waves in the Arabian Gulf, and light waves in the Sea of ​​Oman.

The center stated that the country is exposed to weak surface pressure systems, accompanied by a high air extension in the upper layers of the atmosphere, explaining that the weather on Friday, which is the first day of the new year 2021, will be partly cloudy to sometimes cloudy over the sea, islands and some western regions, and wet at night until Saturday morning With the possibility of light fog in some interior areas.

The center indicated that the weather on Saturday will be clear to partly cloudy and sometimes cloudy in the western regions, provided that the winds will be northeasterly to northwesterly light to moderate in speed, and the sea will be light to moderate in the Arabian Gulf, and light waves in the Sea of ​​Oman.

The center expected that the weather on Sunday would remain healthy to partly cloudy, and sometimes cloudy on the sea and the islands, provided that the winds would be northeasterly to northwesterly, light to moderate in speed, and the sea would be light to medium waves in the Arabian Gulf, and light waves in the Sea of ​​Oman.

• The country is exposed to weak surface pressure systems accompanied by a high air extension.

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