11:15 p.m
Friday 03 February 2023
South Sinai – Reda El-Sayed:
In the governorate of South Sinai, cold weather prevails throughout the cities of the governorate, and the decrease increases in the city of Saint Catherine. Especially, the temperature inside the city this morning was zero.
The Operations and Crisis Management Center at the governorate’s general office confirmed that the weather is stable in all parts of the cities, despite it reaching zero within the city of St. Catherine in the early hours of this morning, and 5 degrees below zero on mountain peaks.
And the Operations Center confirmed in a statement today, Friday, that a state of extreme emergency was declared in the city of St. Catherine in particular, and all the cities of the governorate in general, after warnings from the Meteorological Authority of the possibility of light rain falling in central Sinai and snow on the tops of the St. Catherine mountains as a result of the severe drop in temperatures. the heat.
The statement confirmed that coordination was made with all the concerned authorities to move quickly as soon as any emergency occurred, each within the limits of his duties, indicating that all roads and sea ports are operating normally and none of them has been closed.
Ali Abdel-Basir, deputy head of the city of St. Catherine, said that the weather in the city is stable, and the sun is shining, although the temperature is now 4 degrees Celsius, and it is scheduled to reach its peak at noon to reach 11 degrees, then gradually decrease again until it reaches -4 below zero over the top of Mount Moses in the middle of the night.
The head of the city said in a statement today that the city received today 640 tourists from. Different nationalities, and they were encouraged to climb Mount Musa to enjoy the picturesque mountainous nature and the winter atmosphere that the city enjoys during the ascent, then enjoy the sunset scene, and wait on the top of the mountain at night to observe the most beautiful moving natural scene as it embraces the clouds with the mountain peaks so that the sun rises until the artistic painting is completed After that, preparations are being made for the trip to descend the mountain to complete the program of the trip. It includes visiting the archaeological, historical, religious, and valleys of the city.
And the Meteorological Authority had announced that today, as the Meteorological Authority expects, light rain will fall in central Sinai at intermittent intervals, and there will be opportunities for snow to form on the top of the mountains of Moses St. Catherine.
And the temperatures varied from one city to another in the cities of South Sinai Governorate, where the maximum temperature in Ras Sidr was 20 degrees, and the minimum was 11 degrees, and the maximum temperature in Al-Tur city was 20 degrees, and the minimum was 11 degrees, and the maximum in Taba city was 20 degrees, and the minimum was 11, and it was recorded Saint Catherine has the lowest average temperature. temperature reached. The maximum temperature is 11 degrees and the minimum is 3 degrees, while the city of Sharm El-Sheikh recorded the highest average temperature, with a maximum of 22 and a minimum of 13.
