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Freezing cold’ in coming days |
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Friday, 20 January 2012 22:52 |
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The weather today will continue to be sunny with light to moderate northwesterly to northerly wind, said Mohammad Karam,
Director of Kuwaiti Meteorological Center at The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Karam said that the “Siberian front” will begin tomorrow, and will pick up towards the region accompanied by very cold winds in the upper atmosphere followed by the northwesterly winds. By day, he said, it will be of moderate speed, later developing into a storm of a speed exceeding 70 kmph.
Karam also forecast a sharp decrease in visibility due to horizontal dust from the northwest of the country (from central and southern Iraq), which is expected to be a source of a dust storm heading towards Kuwait and until Saturday, he added. He noted that the temperature will drop sharply – the lowest since the beginning of the winter season this year – to below zero Celsius in many areas on Saturday night. “It will be freezing cold on Sunday,” Karam said. He expected exposed agricultural crops to frost over in this period. As for sea conditions, he advised seafarers to be careful and cautious due to high waves starting from noon tomorrow. — KUNA
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