No governorate reaches 50°C as heat eases in the centre

BAGHDAD — Maysan, Basra and Dhi Qar are forecast at 49°C on Friday, with no governorate expected to reach 50°C for only the second time this month, the Iraqi Meteorological Organization and Seismology said.

Diyala, Wasit, Babil, Diwaniyah and Muthanna are expected to reach 48°C, and Baghdad, Karbala and Najaf 47°C. Salah al-Din and Kirkuk are forecast at 46°C, Nineveh 45°C, Erbil and Anbar 44°C, Sulaymaniyah 42°C and Duhok 41°C.

Skies will be clear across most of the country with some cloud in the north, particularly over the mountains. Temperatures will fall slightly in central Iraq and hold in the north and south.

Winds will be light to moderate northwesterlies at 10 to 20 km/h, with light variable winds of 5 to 10 km/h in the east and occasional calm. Visibility will be 8 to 10 km in most areas, falling to 5 to 7 km in some southern locations because of haze.