Ammon News - A slight rise in mercury levels is expected on Wednesday, but fair weather conditions will prevail in the highlands and the plains, while it will be hot in other parts of the Kingdom, with northwesterly moderate to brisk winds, the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) said in its daily brief.

Over the next two days, similar weather conditions will continue to persist with northwesterly moderate to active winds at times, the JMD added.

The highs in Amman and other highlands across the Kingdom on Wednesday will range between 29 and 33 degrees Celsius, dropping at night to 18C or even 13C in the southern highlands. In the port city of Aqaba, it will be much hotter with mercury reaching a high of 39C a low of 24C.