The General Directorate of Meteorology expects a heat wave and strong wind gusts to hit Morocco this week, after extreme heat and strong, eastern winds experienced since Wednesday.
Temperatures will exceed normal April rates by nine degrees in some areas with strong warm eastern winds starting this Thursday, and will continue until next Monday in a number of regions of the Kingdom.
Hussein Youabd, Communication officer at the General Directorate of Meteorology, said: “Today and until the end of this week, temperatures will witness a significant rise in the south and center of the country, as a result of the concentration of an air height in the western Mediterranean that directs eastern winds towards the south and center of the country.”
In a statement to Hespress, Youabd said “this will contribute to the rise of hot and dry air masses from the Sahara Desert towards the south, center and southeast of the country,” in a phenomenon popularly called “Chergui”.
“Temperatures are expected to exceed their seasonal average by 5 to 9 degrees, with a heat wave on Friday, especially in the southern and central regions, as well as some areas and the inner Atlantic plains of the north of the country, especially inside our southern provinces, Souss, Tadla plains, El Haouz, Rahamna and Tansifit, as well as some internal regions of Chiadma, Abda, Doukkala and Chaouia,” Youabed explained.
Temmperatures are expected to range between 33 and 40 degrees Celsius in this time.
This phenomenon will be accompanied by dusty and strong wind gusts with sometimes blowing in the south, southeast and southern regions of the east of the country, as well as some central regions, the official emphasized.
As for the maximum temperatures, Youabd stated that they will range between 37 and 42 degrees Celsius in the southern provinces, and between 33 and 36 degrees Celsius in the far southeast, Souss, the plains of Tadla, Tansif, Rahamna and the interior regions of Doukkala, Abda and Chiadma, and will fluctuate between 14 and 24 degrees Celsius in the Middle Atlas Highlands, the Tangier region, the Rif, the East and the Mediterranean front and near the central and northern coasts, and between 25 and 32 degrees in the rest of the regions.
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