Over the past weekend, several Moroccan cities experienced significant rainfall and snowfall, with adverse weather conditions continuing into Monday across northern and eastern regions of the country.
Updated data from the General Directorate of Meteorology indicated that “over the past 24 hours, unstable weather conditions prevailed due to the passage of a relative low-pressure system accompanied by cold air masses in the upper atmosphere.” This resulted in rainfall across northwestern and eastern Morocco, along with snowfall in mountainous areas above 1,200 meters in elevation.
According to official figures from the Ministry of Equipment and Water, Tangier recorded the highest amount of rainfall between Sunday at 6 a.m. and Monday at 6 a.m., with 28 millimeters. It was followed by Larache (14 mm), Ifrane (13 mm), and Meknes (9 mm).
Additional rainfall measurements included 8 mm in Rabat, 7 mm in Casablanca, and 6 mm in El Hajeb and Benslimane. Meanwhile, precipitation in Sale, Nouaceur, and Sidi Slimane reached 5 mm, while Tet Mellil and Chefchaouen recorded 4 mm. The Fez-Saïss region saw 3 mm, and Tetouan, Settat, and Oujda each received 2 mm.
Snowfall was recorded from Sunday evening through Monday morning in the High and Middle Atlas Mountains, the Rif region, and eastern highlands at elevations above 1,200 meters.
In Ifrane province, specifically in the mountainous areas of Hayane, Habri, and Michlifen, snow accumulation ranged between 1 and 4 centimeters. Meanwhile, in Taza province, the western Ghiyatha and Bouyeblan mountains recorded 5 cm at lower elevations and up to 10 cm at the peaks.
In the latest weather update, Hussein Youabed, a communication official at the Moroccan Meteorological Service, predicted “rain showers and thunderstorms in the Mediterranean coast, the Rif, Saïss, and the Middle Atlas.” He also mentioned “light rainfall expected in other parts of the Rif, the Tangier region, the Oulmes plateaus, and northern High Atlas.”
Additionally, snowfall is forecast for the High and Middle Atlas Mountains, the Rif, and the eastern highlands. Strong winds are also expected along the central and southern coasts, the Atlas region, southeastern Morocco, and the eastern areas.
On Tuesday, scattered residual rain is expected in northern Morocco, along with light snowfall in the Middle Atlas, northern High Atlas, the Rif, and the eastern highlands. The weather will then become stable but remain cold to extremely cold in the Atlas Mountains, the Rif, southeastern Morocco, and the eastern plateaus, with frost and ice formation.
Nighttime temperatures are expected to drop between -6°C and 0°C in the Atlas Mountains, -2°C to 4°C in the Rif and eastern highlands, 7°C to 14°C along the coasts and in the southern provinces, and 1°C to 7°C across other regions of the country.
By Wednesday, weather conditions will stabilize further, though the cold will persist in mountainous and southeastern regions, accompanied by continued frost and ice formation.
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