Hot, dry weather to continue this week

AMMAN — The Kingdom will remain on Wednesday and Thursday under the impact of an upper trough which brought relatively hot and dry weather to different parts of the country, the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) said on Tuesday.

Temperatures will be 9ºC above their annual average of 23ºC for this time of the year, a JMD weather forecaster said, noting that starting Friday, temperatures will drop but the weather will remain warm and pleasant.

"A rise in temperatures is expected for Wednesday, when the weather will be relatively hot and dry across the country, and hot in the Jordan Valley and Aqaba," the meteorologist said.

Daytime temperatures will reach a high of 32ºC, dropping to 19ºC at nighttime in Amman, and winds will be southeasterly moderate to brisk at times, according to the JMD.

Summer-like weather is expected to continue prevailing on Thursday, when the weather will be relatively hot and dry, and temperatures will range between a maximum of 32ºC and a minimum of 17ºC in the capital, while winds will be northwesterly moderate to brisk, raising dust in the desert.

Temperatures on Wednesday and Thursday will exceed 35ºC in Aqaba and the Jordan Valley, according to the JMD's website.

Meanwhile, a 5ºC drop in temperatures is expected for Friday, the meteorologist said, noting that the weather will remain warm across the country and relatively hot in the Jordan Valley and Aqaba.

Temperatures will range between a high of 27ºC and a low of 15ºC at night in Amman and winds will be northwesterly moderate to brisk, raising dust in the desert, according to the JMD.