Experts Forecast Nice Weather in Egypt on Friday

Experts of the Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) forecast nice weather to prevail in most parts of Egypt on Friday. But it will be very cold at night across the country.

Some northern districts receive doses of light to moderate rain during the hours to come.

Moderate winds blow up in the open areas and the northern western coasts next to the Mediterranean Sea. Winds get fresher in some parts of the country to stir dust and sand there.

The EMA released a statement said that the southern section of Upper Egypt witnesses nice weather as the day progresses. It will be nice at night there.

Laden-dust winds blow up in Upper Egypt and the Red Sea range of mountains up to the strip of land on the Egyptian side of the border line with the Sudan.

Major temperature degree in Cairo and its surroundings during the daytime will be 21 Celsius and it will 12 C at night.

Both of the Red and the Mediterranean Seas witness moderate conditions, the waves swell to 1.5-2 meters. The Mediterranean Sea is exposed to surface northeasterly winds and the Red Sea exposes to northwesterly winds.

The Delta of the Nile River and vicinity areas see moderate weather conditions during the few hours to come.

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.