{"id":24043,"date":"2025-11-20T13:12:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T12:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=24043"},"modified":"2025-11-20T13:13:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T12:13:01","slug":"heavy-snow-thunderstorms-forecast-for-several-regions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=24043","title":{"rendered":"Heavy Snow, Thunderstorms Forecast for Several Regions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DZWatch Exclusive:<\/strong> Algeria is bracing for a period of inclement weather as heavy snowfall and thunderstorms are predicted to impact several regions across the country. The National Meteorological Office issued a special weather advisory on Thursday, outlining the areas expected to be affected.<\/p>\n<p>Central highlands above 900 meters can expect significant snowfall, with accumulations ranging from 10 to 20 centimeters. The alert is in effect from 3:00 PM on Friday to 3:00 PM on Saturday. The affected provinces include Bouira, Boumerdes, Tizi Ouzou, Bejaia, Jijel, Setif, and Bordj Bou Arreridj.<\/p>\n<p>Eastern highlands will also experience snowfall, with accumulations between 5 and 10 centimeters. This alert begins at 9:00 PM on Friday and lasts until midday on Saturday, impacting the provinces of Skikda, Mila, Constantine, Guelma, Souk Ahras, Oum El Bouaghi, Batna, and Khenchela.<\/p>\n<p>A separate advisory warns of snowfall in the highlands exceeding 1000 meters in altitude. Accumulations are expected to be between 5 and 10 centimeters, starting at 6:00 PM on Friday and ending at 9:00 AM on Saturday. This alert covers the provinces of Blida, Ain Defla, Tissemsilt, and Medea.<\/p>\n<p>Residents in these areas are advised to take necessary precautions and stay informed about the evolving weather conditions. <em>DZWatch will continue to provide updates as the situation develops.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">More Algeria articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DZWatch Exclusive: Algeria is bracing for a period of inclement weather as heavy snowfall and thunderstorms are predicted to impact several regions across the country. The National Meteorological Office issued a special weather advisory on Thursday, outlining the areas expected t&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24043"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24045,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24043\/revisions\/24045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}