EMA: Temperature to Slide Significantly in Egypt on Saturday

Experts of the Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) forecast temperature degrees to drop significantly on Saturday across the country.

The greater Cairo and its surroundings are expected to witness nice weather conditions as the day progresses, but it will be very cold at night.

Heavy mist hangs over some districts in the northern parts of the country in the early morning. Some patches of the Delta receive doses of light rain over the coming hours.

Cairo's weather conditions are expected to prevail in the Delta today.

Moderate winds blow up in most parts of the country but they get fresher in some areas, especially in the open ones next to the Western Desert.

The experts warn that strong wind disturbs navigation in the Red Sea.

Middle Egypt enjoys nice weather over the hours of the daytime; it will be cold at night but moderate wind blows up there.

Weather conditions incline to be hot in Upper Egypt and areas on the Egyptian side of the border line with the Sudan.

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.