HIBAPRESS
The General Directorate of Meteorology announced that locally strong thunderstorms, snowfall, and cold weather are expected from Wednesday to next Saturday in several regions of the Kingdom.
The Directorate explained, in an alert bulletin of "orange" vigilance level, that locally strong thunderstorms (from 30 to 50 mm) are expected in the prefectures and provinces of Azilal, Beni Mellal, Al Haouz, Khénifra, and Kalaat Sraghna, from Wednesday at 1 p.m. to Thursday noon. Similar phenomena (from 20 to 30 mm) are also expected during the same time period in the prefectures and provinces of Nador, Driouch, Settat, Mohammedia, Chtouka Ait Baha, Sidi Ifni, Taroudant, Tiznit, Kenitra, Sidi Slimane, Nouaceur, Benslimane, Khémisset, Berrechid, Rabat, Midelt, Rehamna, Casablanca, Mediouna, Essaouira, Fquih Ben Salah, Youssoufia, Sidi Bennour, Safi, El Jadida, Chichaoua, and Temara-Skhirat, and Sale. The bulletin also predicted snowfall (starting from altitudes of 1500 meters) ranging between 20 and 40 cm in the prefectures and provinces of Midelt, Boulemane, Sefrou, Ifrane, Al Haouz, Azilal, and Ouarzazate, and between 7 and 20 cm in Al Hoceima, Taza, Taroudant, Chichaoua, Beni Mellal, Khénifra, Guercif, and Tinghir, from Wednesday at 1 p.m. to Thursday at 6 p.m. The Directorate indicated that the weather will be cold (between -3 and -7) in the prefectures and provinces of Midelt, Boulemane, Tinghir, Azilal, Chichaoua, Ouarzazate, Al Haouz, Taroudant, and Ifrane, starting from Thursday until next Saturday. (MAP)
