Storm system moves out of Jordan into Iraq

[senorpepr]

AMMAN - Weather conditions are expected to start gradually stabilizing today with temperatures increasing to the seasonal average of around 12 ºC during the weekend.

According to the National Forecasting Centre, the cold front, which accompanied a depression centered over Cyprus and Syria in the past two to three days, started moving towards Iraq causing conditions to begin stabilizing.

"No rain or snow is expected today, but there will be a possibility of fog formation," said the centre director general, Abdul Halim Abu Hazim.

Southwesterly winds will be moderate today with temperatures reaching a maximum of 11ºC and a minimum of 4ºC.
On Thursday, there will be another rise in temperatures to a maximum of 14ºC and a minimum of 2ºC making the weather moderate during the day and relatively cold and cloudy at night.

Winds will shift on Thursday to a moderate southeasterly. The centre expects no rain on Thursday.
Friday is expected to bring even higher temperatures of up to 15ºC during the day and a minimum of 6ºC, and a slight chance of scattered showers at night with winds shifting to southwesterly direction.

It is still not clear whether a new cold front is to be expected early next week.
Until yesterday morning, the greatest amount of rainfall was registered in Jerash (29 millimeters) followed by Balqa (28mm), Ajloun (26mm), Irbid and Mafraq (25mm each), Amman (22mm) Zarqa (13mm), Tafileh (7mm), Karak (4mm), Madaba and Maan (3mm each) and Aqaba (1.4mm).

The rainfall since the beginning of winter has increased water storage in the country's nine dams to 143.4 million cubic meters (mcm). This amounts to nearly 65.8 per cent of the dams' total storage capacity of 217mcm.