Experts Forecast Nice Weather in Egypt on Saturday

Experts of the Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) forecast nice weather to prevail across the country on Saturday. The EMA released a statement said that temperature degrees decrease by 5 C compared to those registered on Friday.

It will be moderate weather in Greater Cairo and its surroundings over the hours to come. The northern coasts next to the Mediterranean Sea witness nice balmy weather. However, it will hot in the southern part of the Sinai Peninsula.

Upper Egypt and other areas near the border line with the Sudan see very hot weather. Moderate winds blow up in the open areas, especially near the Western Desert.

Strong winds disturb navigation and other marine activities in the Mediterranean and Red Seas.

The experts pointed out that coldish weather will prevail in the capital, northern coasts, Middle Egypt and Sinai at night. Various parts of the country receive light rain during the coming hours.

The Mediterranean and Red Seas see rough conditions as waves swell to 3 meters and expose to surface northwestern winds. Major temperature degree in Cairo will be 32 C, The minor one will be 19 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.