Experts of the Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) forecast hot weather to prevail across the country on Friday. It will be partially cloudy in Cairo and the Delta.
Some parts of the Delta are expected to receive doses of light rain over the hours to come. Also, the northern coasts next to the Mediterranean Sea witness foggy weather and light rain.
Moderate winds blow up through the op-en areas but they get fresher in the areas neat the Western Desert.
The same weather conditions also prevail in the Delta of the Nile River as the day progresses.
The experts expect the weather to be sunny and hot in Middle Egypt. However, Upper Egypt sees very hot weather as the day progresses. It will be cold in most parts of the country at night. Major temperature in Cairo will be 34 C and minor degree will 17 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.