(MENAFN- Morocco World News) Rabat – Temperatures will drop to – 08 °C today in Morocco, as the winter's cold continues to drop snow in the mountainous regions of the country, forecasts the National Meteorological Directorate.

Cold weather persists, especially on the reliefs, the Southeast, the Highlands, the Oriental and the interior of the country.

The Directorate said that rain and moderate to fairly strong thunderstorms are forecasted on the coasts or north of Tarfaya, the Mediterranean and Tangier.

The sky will be cloudy with scattered rain or showers on the Oriental, the south-east, the reliefs and the north of the Saharan provinces.

Snowfall reaching 900m will drop on the reliefs of the upper and middle Atlas, the Rif, the Southeast, the South, the Oriental and the highlands.

Saharan provinces and will see moderate to strong wind, while the Northern regions will be affected by weak to moderate wind.

Minimum temperatures will drop between -08 °C to 04 °C on the reliefs, -03 °C to 00 °C on the south of the Oriental and the highlands, from 00 °C to 05 °C on the Saiss, the North of the Oriental, the plateaus of phosphates and Oulmes, Gharb, Loukkous and on the plains North and 06 °C to 11 °C on the Souss, the central coasts and the southern provinces.

The Directorate expects maximum temperatures of -02 °C to 06 °C on the reliefs, 05 °C to 10 °C on the plateaux, 07 °C to 13 °C on the interior plains and the South, from 12 °C to 17 °C near the coasts, the Souss and northern provinces of the South and between 16 °C to 22 °C in the extreme south of the country.

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