Pleasant weather expected during Eid vacation

AMMAN — The impact of the depression currently affecting the Kingdom and causing unstable weather conditions, is expected to last until Thursday, a Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) official said Tuesday.

“The weather will be relatively hot and dusty in various parts of the Kingdom, with a chance of rainfall accompanied by thunder,” JMD Director General Mohammad Samawi told The Jordan Times over the phone.

Weather in the capital and hilly areas was relatively hot on Tuesday, while the Jordan Valley and the badia witnessed hot weather, according to a JMD statement.

The department issued several weather-related warnings, cautioning that there would be low visibility in the southern and eastern parts of the Kingdom, water stream formation during the expected rainfall at night in the south, mainly in Aqaba Governorate, as well as the danger of slippery roads due to rainfall. 

  On Wednesday, temperatures in Amman are expected to reach a high of 31-33°C and a low of 20-22°C, while mercury levels in Amman are expected to reach 30-32°C during day and 19-21°C at night on Thursday, with relatively hot and dusty weather.

Meanwhile, fair weather is forecast across the country next week, Samawi noted, expecting “pleasant” temperatures to last during the Eid vacation (September 24-28).

Aqaba witnessed brief rainfall on Monday night, without the formation of water streams, according to the department.