Amman: There will be a slight rise in temperatures on Saturday, with relatively cold weather in the mountainous areas and warm in other regions, according to the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD).
According to the JMD report, the weather Sunday will remain substantially unchanged as the day earlier.
On Monday, mercury will see a slight drop and the weather will be relatively cold almost countrywide and moderate in the Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea, and Aqaba.
Also today, temperatures are forecast to hit 18 degrees Celsius during daytime with a night 8C, while the port city of Aqaba will see a fair 27C, sliding to 16C during night hours.
Source:Jordan News Agency
Caretaker Minister of Environment, Nasser Yassin, launched today the first geological trail in Lebanon in the “Jaj Cedar Nature Reserve” in Jbeil, as part of the joint ‘Land Degradation Reduction’ project between the Ministry of Environment and the United Nations Development Programme.
‘The new trail, which will highlight the distinctive natural and geological wealth in the Jaj Cedar Reserve, is the result of cooperation with the Lebanese Mountain Trail Association, the Reserve Management Committee, and other partners, and with scientific support from the Department of Earth Sciences at the American University of Beirut,” explained Yassin.
He added: ‘Today is a step in deepening our work in organizing and managing natural reserves in Lebanon, and the beginning of the path to achieving a geological park that will be the first in Lebanon.’
Source:National News Agency – Lebanon