Yemen Monitor/ Sana’a/ Special:
Yemeni meteorologist Adnan al-Shawafi revealed on Friday significant and surprising changes in Yemen’s weather, starting today until next Friday.
Al-Shawafi explained in a Facebook post that rainfall is expected to concentrate in the western plains and coasts, as well as in the western and southwestern mountainous regions. Some rain may also reach the southern and eastern coasts and Socotra Archipelago.
The Yemeni meteorologist noted that the rain will continue to fall on Saturday and Sunday with a noticeable gradual decrease from Monday until the end of the week.
He said that rainfall on the inner and eastern plateaus of the country will remain low.
Al-Shawafi indicated a possibility of a gradual decrease in minimum temperatures in the morning over basins and mountainous areas, becoming noticeable by the end of the week, reiterating a warning to citizens to exercise caution.
Earlier on Friday, the Yemeni Meteorological Center stated an increase in the activity of cumulonimbus clouds accompanied by thunderstorms over parts of the governorates of Sa’ada, Hajjah, Mahwit, Hodeidah, Sana’a, Dhamar, and Ibb.
The Meteorological Center said that the weather will remain partly cloudy to overcast with varying intensity of thunderstorms in parts of the governorates of (Sa’ada, Hajjah, Mahwit, and Dhamar), and scattered thunderstorms of varying intensity in areas of the governorates of (Amran, Sana’a, Rima, Ibb, Taiz, Al-Dhale’a, Lahj, and the highlands of Abyan and Shabwa) with the formation of fog or mist.
As for the coastal areas, the weather: Partly cloudy to overcast with varying intensity of thunderstorms over parts of the Tihama plain, the southern and western coasts, the coasts of the governorates of Mahra and Hadramaut, and parts of Socotra Archipelago.
In the desert areas, the weather is clear to partly cloudy with scattered rain over parts of the deserts of (Al-Jawf, Marib, Shabwa, Hadramaut, and Mahra), and moderate winds, sometimes active, causing dust and sand.
