The National Center of Meteorology expected, in its report on the weather for this day (Friday), – God willing – that the opportunity is still ripe for moderate to heavy thunderstorms that will lead to torrential rains accompanied by active winds and showers of hail in parts of the regions of Najran, Jazan, Asir, Al-Baha and Makkah Al-Mukarramah, and thunderstorms accompanied by active winds continue to be expected that limit the extent of horizontal visibility in parts of the eastern regions, Riyadh and Al-Qassim as well as in parts of Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah region, while the sky will be partly cloudy interspersed with rainy thunderclouds in parts of the northern border regions Hail and Tabuk.
The report indicated that the movement of surface winds over the Red Sea is northeasterly to northwesterly, at a speed of 10-30 km/h in the northern and central part, and southwesterly to southeasterly, at a speed of 15-34 km/h in the southern part, reaching more than 40 km/h in the direction of Bab al-Mandab Strait with the formation of thunderclouds, and the wave height from half a meter to a meter up to two meters with the formation of thunderclouds, and the state of the sea is light and wavy with the formation of thunderclouds, while the movement of surface winds in the Arabian Gulf is northwesterly to northeasterly in the northern and central part At a speed of 10-30 km/h, northwesterly to southwesterly, at a speed of 15-40 km/h on the southern part, the wave height is from half a meter to one and a half meters, and the sea condition is light to medium waves.
