EMA: Nice Weather to Prevail in Egypt, Temperature to Slide by 7 C

Dr. Mahmud Shaheen, director of the Center of Analysis at the Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA), said experts forecast nice weather to prevail of Friday.

Dr. Shaheen indicated that temperature degrees are expected to decrease significantly by 6-7 degrees as of Friday across the country, revealing that temperature degrees continue to fall until the mid of the week.

Major temperature degree in Cairo will be 37 C today. During the next few days, temperature degrees range from 32-33 C.

In the northern coasts next to the Mediterranean Sea, temperature degree will around 23-25 C.

The expected temperature degrees in Middle and Upper Egypt over the days to come will differ from 33 C to 38 C.

Dr. Shaheen explained that the water mist will return to appear in the morning again.

Experts say that water mist is sign of stable weather conditions.

Both of the Red and the Mediterranean Seas witness moderate conditions, the waves swell to 1.5-2 meters.

The Mediterranean Sea exposes to surface northeasterly winds and the Red Sea exposes to northwesterly winds.

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.