Temperatures forecast to soar this week

AMMAN — The country will be affected by a relatively hot air mass on Sunday that is expected to push temperatures seven degrees above their annual average for this time of year, according to the Jordan Meteorologist Department (JMD).

The impact of the hot air mass, which originates from the Arabian Peninsula, is forecast to prevail until the end of the week, a JMD meteorologist said on Saturday.

“The rise in temperatures will be gradual and the weather will become hot and dry this week,” the JMD meteorologist told The Jordan Times on condition of anonymity.

The weather will be relatively hot in most parts of the country and hot in Aqaba and the Jordan Valley on Sunday, while winds will be easterly to southeasterly moderate, according to the JMD.

Temperatures in the capital will reach 32ºC during the day, dropping to 20ºC at night.

Another rise in mercury levels is expected for Monday, when the weather will be dry and hot and temperatures in Amman will range between a maximum of 33ºC and a minimum of 23ºC, the weather forecaster said.

The impact of the hot air mass is expected to continue on Tuesday, when temperatures will rise seven degrees above their annual average of 28ºC for this time of year, the JMD meteorologist added.

Temperatures in the capital will reach a high of 35ºC during the day, dropping to a low of 23ºC at night.

“Several relatively hot air masses have affected the country since spring started, but this week’s will bring the highest temperatures to be recorded since the beginning of spring,” the meteorologist noted.

Maximum temperatures during spring range between 22ºC and 28ºC, gradually increasing to 30.8ºC when summer starts on June 21, which marks the summer solstice — the longest day and the shortest night of the year in the northern hemisphere.