Dusty winds in the south as Basra, Dhi Qar and Maysan reach 35°C

BAGHDAD — Skies will be mostly clear with scattered cloud over central and northern Iraq on Saturday, while the south could see light, scattered thunderstorms and dusty winds, the Iraqi Meteorological Organization and Seismology said.

Temperatures will be close to Friday’s. Basra, Dhi Qar and Maysan will reach 35°C, with lows of 24°C in Basra and 23°C in Dhi Qar, and Muthanna 33°C. Najaf and Diwaniyah are forecast at 31°C with a chance of rain. Karbala and Wasit will reach 32°C, and Baghdad, Babil, Salah al-Din, Diyala and Anbar 31°C, with a low of 16°C in Baghdad. Kirkuk is expected at 30°C, Nineveh and Duhok 28°C, Erbil 27°C with a low of 12°C, and Sulaymaniyah 26°C with a low of 13°C.

Northwesterly winds will blow at 10 to 20 km/h across most of the country, picking up in places and reaching 50 km/h in the southern desert, raising dust. Visibility will be 8 to 10 km, dropping to 5 to 7 km in haze and 4 to 6 km in dust.