CAIRO: Heavy rain, thunder and lightening marked the weather on Friday which had Egypt under thick clouds all day.
The weather forecast for the day was a high of 27?C, a low of 18?C and clear skies. But who believes the weatherman anymore? At around noon, the rain started pouring and the skies lit up with lightening as thunder struck.
When it stopped at around 4 pm, it remained cloudy. By then the temperature was around 19?C, and expected to drop another degree or so by nightfall.
Earlier this month, meteorologists warned against rainstorms they believed could hit Egypt any time during the fall season.
According to meteorological studies, we are expecting more rainstorms on the coastal cities, Cairo, parts of Sinai and Upper Egypt, said Waheed Seoudi, head of the analysis unit at the Egyptian Meteorological Authority, told Daily News Egypt in a previous interview.
The rainstorm caused traffic jams across Cairo on Friday afternoon when it’s usually smooth sailing on the weekend. Salah Salem Street and the 6th of October corridor were both blocked while Sixth of October bridge, Mohandiseen and Nasr City were moving relatively slowly.
Since the fall season started on Sept. 21 Egypt has been sunny during the day and pleasantly breezy at night. But experts are predicting a lot of climate change in the upcoming months till winter.
There will be rapid fluctuations in the weather throughout this season, explained Seoudi.
Yet despite those predications, Seoudi is still positive that the fall months in Egypt will be like no other place in the world. [This] fall will still be one of the best seasons of the year in Egypt, he said.
