A view of Rawah in Anbar governorate at sunset, showing the city’s streets, houses, mosques, and palm trees along the Euphrates River. Photo by 964media.
Weather report
Scattered rain and thunderstorms across Iraq as Basra reaches 30°C
BAGHDAD — Scattered rain and occasional thunderstorms are expected across Iraq on Thursday, with highs ranging from 20°C in Sulaymaniyah to 30°C in Basra, the Iraqi Meteorological Organization and Seismology said.
Partly cloudy skies will turn cloudy at times as the wet spell forecast through Saturday continues, bringing light to moderate showers to scattered parts of the north, south and east. Showers are also possible in some southern areas overnight.
Temperatures will stay close to Wednesday’s in central Iraq, with Baghdad reaching 26°C, and dip slightly in the north and south. Variable winds will blow at 10 to 20 kilometers per hour, with southeasterly winds of 20 to 30 km/h in the center and south. Visibility will be 6 to 8 kilometers, falling to 3 to 5 km in rain and thunderstorms.
Highs, and lows where available: Duhok 22°C and 15°C, Erbil 22°C and 13°C, Sulaymaniyah 20°C and 11°C, Nineveh 23°C, Kirkuk 23°C and 19°C, Salah al-Din 25°C, Diyala 26°C, Anbar 25°C, Baghdad 26°C and 17°C, Babil 25°C, Karbala 26°C, Najaf 27°C, Wasit 26°C, Diwaniyah 28°C, Maysan 28°C, Dhi Qar 29°C, Muthanna 29°C, Basra 30°C.