Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - The Kingdom on Sunday, will be affected by a wet and relatively cold air mass accompanied by depression centered over Syria, that will bring down temperatures 9-11 degrees below their seasonal average, the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) said.

Cold and cloudy weather conditions will prevail with rain in different parts of the country that might turn heavy at times accompanied by thunder and hail, the JMD added.

Winds will be northwesterly brisk reaching 50-70 km/h, and stirring dust in the desert.

Daytime temperatures forecast for today in Amman will reach 12 degrees Celsius, 11 degrees Celsius in the northern cities and 10 degrees Celsius in the southern cities, dropping down at night to 5,4 and 2 respectively. The weather will be warmer in the port city of Aqaba with highs reaching 22 degrees and lows standing at 15, the JMD said.

A slight rise in temperatures is expected on Monday, but the weather will stay cold and partly cloudy with a chance for scattered showers in the morning, especially in the northern regions while winds will be northwesterly moderate picking up at day time.

Another rise in temperatures is expected on Tuesday, creating spring-like weather conditions in most regions while it will be warm in the Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea and Aqaba.