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Iraq is experiencing notable meteorological shifts as the Weather Forecasting Department of the Iraqi Meteorological and Seismological Organization announced on Saturday indications of an upcoming rainy system impacting the country starting next Tuesday, October 20. The system is anticipated to initiate across central and southern cities before progressively expanding across other territories, based on current meteorological updates and radar charts. Satellite observations and radar imagery revealed thunderous cumulonimbus clouds generating light rain showers over Nineveh and scattered areas within the central region, tracking eastward toward Diyala and Wasit. Meteorologists expect this precipitation wave to diminish gradually during tonight, though opportunities remain for rainy formations across the far northern areas on Sunday. Furthermore, wind patterns will shift into moderate northwesterlies beginning tonight from the western sector and extending to other cities throughout Sunday. This shift will trigger a modest drop in temperatures to ease the prevailing heat, alongside potential light-to-moderate blowing dust across western, central, southwestern, and desert expanses. Concurrently, humidity levels across southern governorates will recede on Monday morning before climbing once more by Wednesday evening.
