The National Center of Meteorology said that moderate to heavy thunderstorms, accompanied by active winds stirring dust and hail showers, are likely to cause torrential rains in parts of the regions of Al-Jawf, Al-Qassim, Al-Sharqiya, Asir, Al-Baha, and Makkah Al-Mukarramah, while light to moderate rain is expected in parts of Hail, Najran, Jazan, and Tabuk regions.
The center added that surface winds will be active, causing dust, which may harm horizontal visibility over parts of the regions of Hail, Al-Qassim, Al-Jawf, Tabuk, and the eastern parts of the regions of Makkah Al-Mukarramah and Medina.
The Riyadh region recorded the highest average amounts of rainfall, at 26 mm in Shaqra Governorate. The National Center of Meteorology warned of the continued rainy conditions in the Riyadh region, which includes the capital, Riyadh, and the governorates of Diriyah, Huraymila, Rumah, Durma, Zulfi, Al-Ghat, Al-Majma’ah, Shaqra, Marat, and Thadig, accompanied by high-speed winds and lack of horizontal visibility, in addition to hail storms and torrential rains.
The center also warned of moderate rain conditions accompanied by active winds and almost no horizontal visibility in the governorates of Al-Aflaj, Al-Hareeq, Al-Kharj, Al-Dalam, Al-Muzahmiya, Hotat Bani Tamim, Al-Rain, and Al-Quwayiyah.
According to the daily report of the Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, which monitors rainfall amounts across Saudi regions, 84 hydrological and climatic monitoring stations recorded rainfall in the regions of Riyadh, Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Al-Qassim, Al-Sharqiyah, Asir, the northern border, and Al-Jawf, from 9 am on Saturday until 9 am the next day.
