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Weather for the coming days
2025-05-24
The Department of Meteorology and Climate at the Upper Euphrates Center for Sustainable Development Research at the University of Anbar announced today, Saturday, 24/5/2025, its forecast for the weather situation, and Assistant Professor Dr. Ahmed Jassam Mekhlif, climate expert and satellite meteorological laboratory official, stated that weather monitoring and satellite images indicate the following:
Dust situation: As a result of the activity of Al-Bawareh winds that prevail in this period of the year, as they are dry and hot, coming from desert areas that carry with them the characteristics of the desert and are accompanied by dust storms, and as a result, Iraq was widely affected by a state of dust storms, as the map shows the spread of dense dust across the central and western regions, extending from the Syrian border towards Baghdad and the southeast towards Basra.
Dust density: The most affected areas are south of Mosul, Tikrit, and eastern Anbar, mainly, then Baghdad and Karbala, as a decrease in the level of visibility is observed, and its impact is expected to continue until tomorrow noon.
Thermal condition: temperatures will gradually rise throughout Iraq exceeding (40 degrees Celsius), especially in the central and southern region of the country during the next week until they reach their maximum on Wednesday, 28/5/2025, and as a result of the region being affected by a hot air mass coming from desert areas, as well as increasing thermal gain by solar radiation, then on Thursday, 29/5/2025, the maximum temperature decreases by a difference of (4 to 5) as a result of the region being affected by a relatively moderate air mass and may be accompanied by dusty storms reduces the effect of heat gain by solar radiation, as shown in the heat curve for this week, as it ranges:
Northern region:
v Minimum: 20 to 28 oC.
v Maximum: 33 to 40 oC.
Western region:
v Minimum: 19 to 25 oC.
v Maximum: 34 to 40 oC.
Middle region:
v Minimum: 28 to 31 oC.
v Maximum: 40 to 45 oC.
Southern region:
v Minimum: 29 to 33 oC.
v Maximum: 44 to 47 oC.
Winds: The winds are northwesterly, ranging in speed from medium-speed winds (35 km / h) to winds that may exceed (60 km / h) during this week in most governorates of Iraq, as follows:
Northern Region: The winds will be active in Sulaymaniyah for tomorrow, Sunday, 25/5/2025, as their speed is expected to exceed 58 km / h.
Western Region: moderate to medium speed ranging between 35-40 km/h.
Central region: The winds are active in central Iraq, in the province of Baghdad, they are active starting from Friday, 30/5/2025, for a full week, and their maximum speed is on Tuesday, 3/6/2025, to exceed 53 km / h.
Southern region: The winds are active in southern Iraq, in the province of Basra, they are active starting from Friday, 30/5/2025, for a full week, and their maximum speed is on Tuesday, 3/6/2025, to exceed 60 km / h.
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