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Cairo Sees Hot Weather on Wednesday


Wed 21 Oct 2020 | 10:50 AM
Yara Sameh

Experts of the Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) predict hot weather to prevail in Cairo, Lower Egypt, and northern Upper Egypt, during daylight hours on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, moderate weather on the eastern coasts and very hot weather will prevail in southern Upper Egypt.

Meteorologists also expect moderate to heavy rains, which will be thunderstorms of approximately 80%, in El Salloum, Marsa Matruh, and Siwa, while Alexandria governorate will face light range.

Meanwhile, some areas in Beheira and Kafr El Sheikh will experience light to medium rain.

They also predict that cold weather will prevail in Cairo, Lower Egypt, the western coasts, and northern Upper Egypt, at night.

Meanwhile, the eastern coasts will see pleasant weather, which will be more moderate in southern Upper Egypt and South Sinai.

Temperatures predicted for the following cities are: 31C in Cairo, 28C in Alexandria, 24C in Marsa Matruh, 37C in Sohag, 37C in Qena, and 39C in Aswan.

Cold Weather forecast for Thursday, Cairo: 18C - Egypt Independent

Egypt will not face "Dragon Storm"

Egypt is currently facing a wave of unstable weather, which is prevailing across Egypt from Tuesday to Sunday.

Dr. Mahmoud Shaheen, director of the Meteorological Center at the Meteorological Authority (EMA), denied, in a phone-in with Mehwar TV satellite channel, on Tuesday, that the country will face not what some calls "Dragon Storm" in the coming period.

Shaheen added that most parts of the country will witness a state of non-violent natural instability accompanied by rainfall.

He noted that the topic about the "Dragon Storm" exaggeratedly spread across social media for the bad weather spell is the first in the current fall season.

Shaheen explained that the rainfall will range from medium to heavy, which will be thundering in the northern coasts and some areas of Lower Egypt, and moderate to heavy rainfall, at sometimes, in Cairo, starting from Friday evening until next Sunday.

He stressed that the rain will not hinder daily life, advising to reduce movement only during periods of rainfall.