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Al-Marsad Newspaper: The Vice President of the Weather and Climate Society, Dr. Abdullah Al-Misnad, commented on the rainy situation that Jeddah witnessed last Thursday. Pointing out that the height of the cloud top over Jeddah is higher than Mount Everest.
He said during his intervention with Al-Ikhbariya channel: “Large cities such as Jeddah and Riyadh are making heat domes or, in other words, heat islands, meaning that they generate heat that differs from the outside places in the prairies, small provinces, or villages, due to urbanization and urbanization.
He pointed out that this thermal dome contributes when there is great humidity, as happened last Thursday, to heavy rain, as the moisture present above the surface and upper atmospheric layers, in addition to the convergence of two streams, led to raising this huge amount of moisture, until cold blocks were found at heights of 3 and 5 kilometres. Clouds began to form north of Jeddah and also in the sea until the top of this cloud reached 18 km, meaning it was twice as high as the summit of Mount Everest, and rains equivalent to 3 rainy seasons fell in Jeddah.
