WEATHER: METEOROLOGY DEPARTMENT DENIES TEMPERATURES TO HIT 45 °C

General

The Beirut airport-based meteorology department denied reports claiming that temperatures will hit 45 °C on August 1. In its forecast, it expected Wednesday’s weather to be little to partly cloudy with a rise in temperature degrees. Coastal temperatures: 27 to 33 degrees Celsius Mountainous temperatures: 18 to 31 degrees Celsius Inland temperatures: 24 to 39 degrees Celsius Surface wind: Southwesterly during the day, southerly to southeasterly at night; with speeds gusting between 15 and 40 km/hr Visibility: Average, worsens occasionally due to fog Coastline humidity: 70 to 95% Sea: Medium to low waves, with surface water temperature at 29 degrees Celsius Sunrise: 5:44 Sunset: 19:44

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon