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EMA: Temperature to Slide Significantly on Saturday


Sat 20 Jun 2020 | 10:16 AM
Ahmed Moamar

Experts of the Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) revealed that temperature will continue to slide significantly on Saturday. Cairo, its surroundings and the Delta witness somehow hot weather over the hours to come.

Moderate winds blow up in the northern parts of the country but they get fresher sometimes in those areas.

Nice weather prevails in the northern coasts next to the Mediterranean Sea and the water bodies connected to it.

The experts point out that both Middle and Upper Egypt see hot and very weather conditions respectively.

It will be nice weather at night in all districts across the country.

Summertime commences tomorrow June 21 in Egypt and other countries in the northern hemisphere.

Major temperature degree in Cairo will be 34 C but the minor one will be 22 C.

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.