Get Ready for the Storm! Heavy Rain, Lightning, and Thunder Strike Lebanon Starting Tomorrow

The Estimation Department of the Meteorological Directorate at the General Directorate of Civil Aviation predicted that the weather tomorrow will be cloudy with a continued drop in temperatures. Dense fog will form over the highlands, reducing visibility. Scattered rains will fall, sometimes heavy, accompanied by thunderstorms, hailfall, and flash floods on roads before noon. Winds will intensify, reaching speeds of 65 km/h, causing sea waves to rise up to two meters. The intensity of the rain will decrease from the evening onwards.

The bulletin stated the following:

-General Situation:

Lebanon and the Eastern Mediterranean basin are gradually affected by a low-pressure system accompanied by cold air masses centered over the Black Sea, leading to unstable and rainy weather with a noticeable drop in temperatures. Its impact will intensify after Friday afternoon with thunderstorms, active winds, and flash floods on roads, continuing until Sunday noon when it recedes and the weather stabilizes gradually.

Average temperatures for November: Tripoli between 14 and 23 degrees, Beirut 17 and 25 degrees, Zahle between 8 and 20 degrees.

-Expected Weather in Lebanon:

Friday: Cloudy with an additional drop in temperatures, which will become below seasonal averages. Fog will form over the highlands. Scattered rains will fall, increasing in intensity from the afternoon onwards, accompanied by thunderstorms and hailfall, leading to flash floods on roads, especially during the night. Winds will intensify, reaching speeds of 60 km/h, causing sea waves to rise.

Saturday: Cloudy with a continued drop in temperatures. Dense fog will form over the highlands, reducing visibility. Scattered rains will fall, sometimes heavy, accompanied by thunderstorms, hailfall, and flash floods on roads before noon. Winds will intensify, reaching speeds of 65 km/h, causing sea waves to rise up to two meters. The intensity of the rain will decrease from the evening onwards.

Sunday: Cloudy to partly cloudy with a drop in temperatures and cold conditions. Fog will form over the highlands. Scattered rains will fall before noon with some snow above 2500 meters. The rain will recede during the day and the weather will stabilize gradually.

-Temperatures on the coast from 15 to 24 degrees, over the mountains from 7 to 15 degrees, inland from 8 to 15 degrees.

-Surface winds: Southwesterly, occasionally active, speed between 15 and 35 km/h.

-Visibility: Average on the coast, poor over the highlands due to fog.

-Relative humidity on the coast: Between 70 and 85%.

-Sea condition: Low wave height to choppy, water surface temperature: 25

-Atmospheric pressure: 762 mm Hg.