Jeddah - The cold snap sweeping across the Arabian Peninsula and Iraq have greatly lowers the temperature in the affected area a few days ago. Doha, capital of Qatar, which is usually a temperature of 27 ° C, suddenly had to grapple with a temperature of 18 ° C.
Told Al Jazeera on Tuesday (12/15/2015), the cold air is carried by the strong winds that can blow up to 48 kilometers per hour, so that the air seemed to freeze again.
Of course it shocked the nation and increase sales of heating machine. Many residents who had to immerse themselves in their cloak coat warm clothes for the first time this season. The babies were seen wrapped in a balaclava.
The fall in temperature is caused by a cold wave from the north leading to the entire region. The weather system brought snow to the entire mountain in northern Iraq.
Farther south, there was no snow, but the temperature is very cold bite.
Temperatures in Baghdad just reached the peak at 13 ° C on December 7 last and, at night, the temperature can drop to 1 ° C.
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia also experienced exposure to cold, and the highest temperatures only reached 12 ° C and 13 ° C. This temperature is lower than the annual average temperature in the same timeframe. Usually the highest temperature during the day in Riyadh can reach 21 ° C and the temperature in Kuwait can reach 18 ° C.
The cold wind last 3 days before starting to improve. In the next few days, the temperature of the region will return to normal.
The photos here illustrate the atmosphere in the mountainous region in northern Saudi Arabia, as uploaded to Facebook by RiyadhConnect account. (*)
Told Al Jazeera on Tuesday (12/15/2015), the cold air is carried by the strong winds that can blow up to 48 kilometers per hour, so that the air seemed to freeze again.
Of course it shocked the nation and increase sales of heating machine. Many residents who had to immerse themselves in their cloak coat warm clothes for the first time this season. The babies were seen wrapped in a balaclava.
The fall in temperature is caused by a cold wave from the north leading to the entire region. The weather system brought snow to the entire mountain in northern Iraq.
Farther south, there was no snow, but the temperature is very cold bite.
Temperatures in Baghdad just reached the peak at 13 ° C on December 7 last and, at night, the temperature can drop to 1 ° C.
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia also experienced exposure to cold, and the highest temperatures only reached 12 ° C and 13 ° C. This temperature is lower than the annual average temperature in the same timeframe. Usually the highest temperature during the day in Riyadh can reach 21 ° C and the temperature in Kuwait can reach 18 ° C.
The cold wind last 3 days before starting to improve. In the next few days, the temperature of the region will return to normal.
The photos here illustrate the atmosphere in the mountainous region in northern Saudi Arabia, as uploaded to Facebook by RiyadhConnect account. (*)
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