Weather office issues yellow alert for storms in several wilayas

Several wilayas in the west and south of Algeria face a yellow weather alert on Monday, with thunderstorms, rain, winds and sandstorms in some areas.

Awras reported that the National Office of Meteorology (ONM) issued the warning, a first-level alert in yellow.

Where the storms will hit

Rain is forecast in El Bayadh, Naâma and Tlemcen, and also in Béni Abbès and Tindouf. Thunderstorms are expected in Oran, Aïn Témouchent, Tlemcen, Sidi Bel Abbès, El Bayadh, Naâma, Béchar, Béni Abbès and Tindouf.

Winds are expected in Saïda, Sidi Bel Abbès, Tlemcen and Naâma. Sandstorms are forecast in El Bayadh and Naâma.

Sky and temperatures

The sky will be overcast across the north. From the afternoon, it will turn cloudy in some western and west-central areas, with some rain that may be thundery in places, mainly in the west.

Coastal areas and places near the coast will be relatively hot, especially in the centre. In the south, the sky will be overcast to locally cloudy in the south-west, with some rain from the afternoon.

Elsewhere in the south, the sky will be clear to partly overcast.

Maximum temperatures are forecast to range from 28 to 32 degrees on the coast. Inland, on the high plateaux and in the Aurès area, they will range from 18 to 31 degrees.

In the south, they will range from 23 to 38 degrees.

Alert on Tuesday

The thunder and sandstorm warning extends to Tuesday. Thunder is expected in El Bayadh, Naâma and Béchar, and sandstorms in El Bayadh and Naâma.

On Sunday, the ONM had issued a yellow alert for rain, winds and thunder across several wilayas. That alert said thunderstorm rain was forecast in Ouargla, Illizi and Tindouf.