Father Eli Khneisser Reports on Torrential Rains in Lebanon and Impact on Beirut

2023-10-05 04:26:24
Father Eli Khneisser, a specialist in meteorology and climatology in Boston, reported that the “Elias” depression ended its course in Lebanon with torrential rains that struck the central coastal areas and the western mountains, and the water level rose, and Beirut was submerged in floods due to the heavy rains that fell from the hours of Wednesday morning until 7:30 in the morning. The percentage of precipitation reached 86.8 mm in Beirut, 72.5 mm in Qobayat, 91.4 mm in Chekka and Batroun, 77.3 mm in Zouk Mikael, and 20.3 mm in Boulogne and Dhour Choueir, from Sunday morning until Sunday morning. Wednesday.

Father Khneisser indicated before the arrival of “Elias” that what happened in Volos, Greece, and central Greece will not be repeated in Lebanon, in terms of the destruction of infrastructure, the sweeping away of cars, and the sinking of homes, knowing that this depression will deviate towards Turkey and the coasts of Syria and Lebanon, as the percentage of heavy rainfall in Volos has reached 350 mm. For three days without stopping, while in Lebanon, the amount of rain will fall on the central and northern Lebanese coast, Akkar, and the western mountains, not the south and the Bekaa, and will range between 20 and 90 mm.

Khneisser added: “After the decline of the Elias depression yesterday morning, Wednesday, thunderclouds will head today, Thursday, from Sinai towards Palestine and will affect some Lebanese regions and southern Syria (Hauran) with a state of rapid instability that will include local, non-exhaustive rains, with the possibility of thunderstorms.” .

The weather will turn sunny tomorrow, Friday, with local fog in the mountains, and temperatures will rise to reach 30 degrees on the coast and 27 degrees in the Bekaa.

Temperatures on the coast are 29 during the day and 23 at night
In the Bekaa: 27 days and 16 nights
On the mountains 1200 metres: 25 during the day and 14 at night
On the mountains 2000 metres: 13 during the day and 06 at night
Wind: northwesterly, at a speed of 20 km per hour, sometimes refreshing to reach 45 km per hour in the north.
Atmospheric pressure: 1016 hpa
Humidity: 70%
Sea condition: little waves
Water temperature 29 degrees.

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