29-04-2025
Today sees the beginning of Khamaseen winds in Egypt: Climate center warns
Sand Storm to hit the county - file
CAIRO - 29 April 2025: Dr. Mohamed Ali Fahim, head of the Climate Information Center at the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, stated on Tuesday that, as part of a review of climate forecast model updates at the Climate Change Information Center and forecasts from the Meteorological Authority, the weather fluctuations have been confirmed.
Fahim added that starting Tuesday, a western Khamaseen low pressure wind will hit the country, coinciding with an upper rain trough over the western regions of the country (Salloum, Siwa, and Marsa Matrouh).
This low pressure will bring high wind speeds and rain concentrated in the far west of the country, extending as the day progresses toward the rest of Marsa Matrouh, bringing moderate rain and high winds.
Temperatures on Tuesday will be spring-like and warm.
Fahim explained that the Khamaseen low pressure wind will extend inland as of Wednesday morning, with the most severe wind gusts reaching storm-level winds laden with sand and dust.
Intermittent wind gusts will exceed 65-80 km/h in scattered areas of the country, with thunderstorms and snow on the north coast (most concentrated in Salloum and western Marsa Matrouh) and moderate winds in the northern Delta.
There are also intermittent, strong winds laden with sand and dust, reaching 60-70 km/h in Cairo, Lower Egypt, northern Upper Egypt, and even Sohag in the south.
Intermittent, strong winds laden with sand and dust, reaching 70-75 km/h in the Eastern Desert (east of Beni Suef and Minya, Saff, New Cairo, the Administrative Capital, Ismailia Desert Road, Suez Road, Sokhna Road, areas south of Sokhna, Suez, Ismailia, and most areas of Sinai, especially east of the Canal and central and southern Sinai).
