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Meteorology: southerly winds, raised sand and dust affecting the Delta, Cairo and several regions


Mahmoud Ragheb

Thursday, 02 March 2023 09:00 PM

revealed Meteorological AuthorityThe latest satellite images indicate southerly winds that raise dust in areas of the delta and the western coasts, so that dust and sand are now on Alexandria, Beheira, Gharbia, and Cairo, and as a result, the horizontal visibility decreases on the roads, so that the horizontal visibility in Burj Al Arab is 1800 meters, Alexandria 5000 meters, Cairo 6000 meters, and accordingly For the latest observations of the stations of the General Meteorological Authority, and the weather is improving at the end of the night.

The Meteorological Authority expects that tomorrow, Friday, a slight and temporary decrease in Temperatures In the north of the country to Greater Cairo, with values ​​ranging from 2: 3 degrees, so that hot weather prevails during the day in Greater Cairo and Lower Egypt, warm in the northern coasts, hot in southern Sinai and southern Upper Egypt, and cold at night in most parts.

Direct exposure to sunlight increases the feeling of warmth during the daytime hours, as witnessed by tomorrow morning mist, which is sometimes dense on some roads leading to and from Greater Cairo, Lower Egypt, the northern coasts, the Canal cities, central Sinai and northern Upper Egypt.

As for the temperatures, tomorrow, Friday: Cairo will have highs of 27 degrees, lows of 15 degrees, Alexandria highs of 22 and lows of 15, Matrouh highs of 23 and lows of 13, Sohag will have highs of 33 and lows of 14, Qena will highs of 35 and lows of 15, and Aswan will highs of 36. And the lowest is 17 degrees.

The winter solstice occurred on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 AD, corresponding to Jumada Al-Awwal 27, 1444 AH, at 23:48, announcing the beginning of the astronomical winter season, according to astronomical and meteorological calculations carried out by the Sun Research Laboratory at the National Institute for Astronomical and Geophysical Research.

And the winter season this year, according to astronomical calculations, will reach a length of 88 days, 23 hours and 38 minutes, and will end on Monday, March 20, 2023 CE, corresponding to Shaban 28, 1444 AH, at 23:26.

The sun rotates in an apparent orbit with respect to the stars of the celestial background that appear fixed in the sky. orbit level.

As a result of the earth’s rotation around the sun and the inclination of its axis at the level of its orbit, the four seasons occur. In winter, the sun’s rays fall perpendicular to the orbit of Capricorn 23 and a half degrees south, and the sun’s rays are highly inclined in the northern hemisphere and almost perpendicular to the southern hemisphere except for the orbit of Capricorn, and the length of the day is short. About the length of the night in the northern hemisphere.





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