Riyadh weather: the models compared

Riyadh, tomorrow (Friday): a high of 19–25 °C and a low of 12–15 °C across 3 models.

No model expects rain worth measuring in the next 7 days.

The models differ on the temperature on every one of the 10 days: worth watching the newer runs.

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Day by day

DayECMWF IFSECMWF AIFSNOAA GFSModels
Today18° / 13°Rain 1.2 mm19° / 14°Rain 0.2 mm23° / 15°Models disagree
Tomorrow19° / 12°20° / 14°Rain 0.1 mm25° / 15°Models disagree
Saturday, Nov 1420° / 12°23° / 14°Rain 0.1 mm26° / 16°Models disagree
Sunday, Nov 1521° / 12°24° / 14°Rain 0.1 mm27° / 17°Models disagree
Monday, Nov 1623° / 12°25° / 14°27° / 18°Models disagree
Tuesday, Nov 1724° / 13°26° / 15°27° / 18°Models disagree
Wednesday, Nov 1825° / 16°26° / 15°28° / 18°Models disagree
Thursday, Nov 1926° / 16°27° / 15°28° / 19°Models disagree
Friday, Nov 2027° / 17°28° / 16°28° / 19°Models disagree
Saturday, Nov 2128° / 19°31° / 17°27° / 18°Models disagree

Runs used: ECMWF IFS, Nov 11 12 UTC run · ECMWF AIFS, Nov 11 18 UTC run · NOAA GFS, Nov 11 18 UTC run. Updated Nov 12, 03:21 AM.

Why several models?

Each weather centre runs its own model of the atmosphere, and no single one is always right. When the models agree, the forecast is more certain; when they disagree, the weather is harder to call, and it is worth watching the newer runs. The Lab's Forecast mode shows each model's maps, and Compare models sets them side by side for any place.

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Data: ECMWF (CC BY 4.0), NOAA (public domain), DWD (CC BY 4.0). Places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).