المملكة: Friday weather in Saudi Arabia: rain, wind, and fog in parts of 8 regions

The opportunity is ripe for light to moderate thunderstorms and fog will form over parts of those areas, as well as over parts of the highlands of the Al-Baha and Asir regions.

Red Sea

• Surface winds: northwesterly to westerly at a speed of 20-55 km/h on the northern part and southeasterly to southwesterly at a speed of 10-35 km/h on the central and southern part, reaching 50 km/h towards the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
• Wave height: from one to two meters, reaching above Two and a half meters in the northern part, and from half a meter to one and a half meters in the central and southern part, reaching above two meters towards the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
• Sea state: Medium wave to wavy in the northern part, light to medium wave in the central and southern part, reaching wavy in the direction of the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

Arabian Gulf

Surface winds: northwesterly at a speed of 10-25 km/hour turning quickly to a southeasterly in the afternoon 18-38 km/h in the northern part. Southeasterly to northeasterly at a speed of 10-28 km/hour in the central and southern part.
Wave height: from half a meter to one and a half meters in the northern part and from half a meter to one meter in the central and southern part.
Sea state: light to moderate waves in the northern part and light waves in the central and southern part.