Damascus- Hot weather prevails across the country, as temperatures will continue to rise to become from 5 to 7 degrees above average as the country is affected by a superficial low air pressure coming from the southeast and accompanied by southwestern air currents in the upper layers of the atmosphere.

Meteorology Department, in its Wednesday bulletin, expected that skies will be clear in general, while the weather will be hot and misty in the eastern, al-Jazeera and al-Badia (semi desert) regions.

The wind will be westerly to southwesterly with a low to a moderate speed, while it will be active at night, the sea waves will be low in amplitude.

The expected temperatures in some major Syrian cities will be as follows: Damascus 39/23, Daraa 37/22, Homs 37/23, Hasaka 45/29, Tartous 32/23, Aleppo 41/23, Deir Ezzor 45/29.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)