Experts Forecast Temperature Degrees to Slide Today

Experts of the Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) forecast temperature degrees to slide slightly throughout the daytime. Nice is expected to prevail in Cairo and its surrounding over the hours to come.

Some district receive light doses of rain during the daytime. However, it will be very cold at night across the country.

Moderate winds blow up in most parts f the country. However, winds get fresher in some parts, especially in the open areas next to the water bodies and the Western Desert.

The same weather conditions will be forecast in the Delta of the Nile River on Friday.

The EMA released a statement said that nice weather will prevail in the northern western coasts next to the Mediterranean Sea as the day progresses but it will be chilly weather at night.

The eastern coasts and the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula wee moderate weather over the coming hours.

The range of mountains overlooking the Red Sea witness nice weather during the daytime and cold conditions at night.

Some areas of middle Egypt expose to dust-laden winds which disturb navigation elsewhere.

Upper Egypt and the areas near the border line with the Sudan enjoy somehow hot weather and moderate winds over the daytime.

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.