EMA: Nice Weather to Prevail in Egypt on Friday

The Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) released a statement said that nice weather is expected to prevail across Egypt on Friday. The same weather conditions will extend to Saturday. But temperature degrees will rise gradually as of Sunday.

Experts of the EMA forecast nice weather in the Greater Cairo, the Delta and the northern coasts next to the Mediterranean Sea.

Also it will be nice in the southern part of the Sinai Peninsula, the range of mountains of the Red Sea and middle Egypt. Upper Egypt will be exposed to hot weather over the hours of the daytime on Friday. However, it will be cold at night in most parts of the country at night.

Water mist hangs over the Delta and Cairo in the morning. Moderate winds blow up in the northern coasts but they get fresher in Cairo and the Delta. Strong winds cause the disturbance of navigation in the Gulf of Suez and the Red Sea.

The experts said that Egypt receives a cold mass of air coming from the southern part of Europe.

The Mediterranean Sea witnesses moderate condition as waves swell to 1,5-2 meters but the Red Sea sees rough conditions. Both seas would be exposed to surface northwesterly winds today.

On the other hand, the experts warn of the  Coronavirus pandemic may affect the accuracy of the initial weather forecast model output originating from national and global weather prediction centers because of a cutback in the number of aircraft flights that generate vital weather data, according to the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and other experts.

The aircraft collect temperature and wind data, among other information, that help improve the initial atmospheric conditions that drive global and regional weather forecast models. This data is used routinely to improve the forecasts created by national weather prediction centers across the globe.

The pandemic has drastically reduced the number of such flights in Europe and increasingly in the U.S. This impact will be a reduction in global forecast performance. For regional models, the impact may be even greater.

Regional models have the ability to resolve high-impact weather, such as thunderstorms, said AccuWeathers Scott Mackaro, vice president, Science, Innovation & Development. Information about the vertical structure of the atmosphere is vital and already sparse. Aircraft measurements provide just that.