Dr. Mahmoud Shaheen, Director General of the Prediction and Early Warning Center, said: at the Meteorological AuthorityThe wave of bad weather that the country was exposed to as of yesterday evening and reached its climax today, which was described as the “upper groove” phenomenon, which is a deep depression accompanied by a state of instability; As a result of the cold air masses brought by the depression to the upper layers of the atmosphere.
Mahmoud Shaheen added, in a telephone interview to the “A Last Word” program, with the media, Lamis Al-Hadidi, via the . channel ONThe difference in temperatures between the upper layers of the atmosphere and the surface of the earth led to a state of instability, which the meteorologist warned of yesterday, noting that the governorates of Egypt today witnessed rains of varying intensity that reached the level of torrential rain in some areas.
Mahmoud Shaheen indicated that the state of instability began to diminish this evening and ends at dawn on Sunday, and a state of weather stability prevails over the next 72 hours, continuing: “The chances of rain will decrease and will remain light and ineffective in the Sinai regions, and the chances of the sun’s shining during the day will increase. To be warm during the day, very cold at night in all parts.
In response to the media’s question, Lamis Al-Hadidi: “Do we expect another wave following 72 hours?” Shaheen said: “It is expected, according to what we monitored, as of Wednesday, that the chances of rain will return on the northern Delta and the northern coasts, and around the most affected governorates?” He said: “Northern Upper Egypt was It had the largest share of rain today, in order, Beni Suef, Fayoum and Minya, then Zafarana, Sinai and Lower Egypt, where northern Upper Egypt had the largest share in the amounts of rain.
He drew attention to the waves of instability that Egypt’s weather witnessed during the current winter, and said: “It was reasonable compared to similar waves in previous years. The lowest average maximum temperature recorded by Egypt was 11 degrees Celsius, compared to regarding 8 degrees as a maximum degree in previous years, but he reconfirmed The main reason that made people feel the difficulty of the current winter is the continued drop in temperatures at large rates during the month of January, which amounted to 15 continuous days.
