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The Upper Euphrates Basin Developing Centre at University of Anbar announces weather forecasts for the coming days
2024-10-15
The Upper Euphrates Basin Developing Centre – University of Anbar announced the weather forecast for the coming days, and Assistant Professor Dr. Ahmed Jassam Mekhlif, a climate expert in the Natural Resources Development Department at the Centre, stated that the drop of an aerial polar ‘marked a drop in temperatures below their rates with a state of instability in the northern and north-eastern part of Iraq, starting from Friday, 18/10/2024.
He also added that weather maps indicate the descent of a polar air basin in the upper atmosphere, accompanied by a cold air mass coming across the continent of Europe, as of Friday. A drop in temperatures (autumn weather is refreshing) and reaches its peak in the middle of the week, with rain showers in the northern and north-eastern part of Iraq.
The minimum and maximum temperatures in Iraq will be as the following:
Northern Region (Erbil and Sulaymaniyah): Temperatures are expected to drop during the night to reach the lower limits of 14 °C and the upper limits of about 25-28 °C during the day, as it is recommended to take the necessary precautions from warm clothes and avoid going out without body protection in cold times.
Western region (Anbar): It is expected that the province of Anbar will witness a decrease in temperatures at night, especially the western parts of it (Rutba, Al-Qaim, Arar and Haditha, up to 16 ° C) and (Ramadi and Fallujah up to 18 °C), while the upper temperature is (23) in (Rutba and Al-Qaim), (27-29) in Haditha and Heet) and (30 °C) in Ramadi and Fallujah.
Central region (Baghdad and Diyala): The minimum temperatures range from 18-19 °C, while the highest temperatures are expected to reach (30-32 °C).
Southern region (Najaf, Nasiriyah and Basra): The minimum temperatures range (20-23 °C), while the highest temperatures are expected to range between (34-37 °C).
As for the wind speed for Tuesday, 15/10/2024, it is moderate in speed 5-10 m/s in the northern region - (10-12) m/s in the western region, (1-4) m/s in the central region - and (5-8) m/s in the southern region.
As for the degree of air pollution:
In Baghdad, the concentrations of sulphur dioxide (SO2) gas are high, and its extensions reach eastern Anbar and southern Tikrit, as follows (Baghdad: 106 mg/m2), Habbaniyah (100 mg/m2) and Samarra (67 mg/m2).
As for the concentrations of carbon monoxide (Co), they are moderate to medium throughout Iraq, and the highest increase in Baghdad was (170 mg / m2).
It is worth noting that the Upper Euphrates Basin Developing Centre at the University of Anbar has previously referred to the waves of pollution in the Iraqi atmosphere through satellite observations as part of its program to monitor and monitor climate change, within the university's strategic plan to achieve the goals of sustainable development and Vision 2030, where he referred to pollution rates in bulletins on his website in the months of May and July in addition to the month of November, which can be viewed through the following links:
https://www.uoanbar.edu.iq/UEBDC/News_Details.php?ID=671
https://www.uoanbar.edu.iq/UEBDC/News_Details.php?ID=642
https://www.uoanbar.edu.iq/UEBDC/News_Details.php?ID=605
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