Experts: Hot Weather in Cairo, Delta Today

Experts of the Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) expect weather to be hot in Cairo, its surroundings and the Delta of the Nile River on Saturday

Moderate winds blow in most parts of the country and get stronger in some districts today.

Nice weather will prevail in the northern coasts next to the Mediterranean Sea and the other water bodies connected to it.

The EMA released a statement said that hot weather will prevails in Middle Egypt. Upper Egypt, areas near the border line with the Sudan and the range of mountains of the Red Sea are expected to witness very hot weather over the hours to come.

However, the experts expect nice weather across the country at night.

Major temperature degree in Cairo on Friday will be 35 Celsius and the minor one will be 23 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.