Baghdad-Iraq-Presse -30 August / August "seen several areas of the capital Baghdad, on Sunday afternoon, meteor showers aroused exclamation points at the locals who are accustomed to lack of rain before entering the autumn for many decades. The correspondent / Iraq Press / for local residents as saying that "this strange phenomenon echoes of rainfall in the province of Nineveh in 1998 during the month of August known high temperatures," adding that "Baghdadis did not keep in their memory images of the occurrence of this strange phenomenon in the capital since the middle of last century." The Meteorological Observatory predicted, earlier on Sunday, that Iraq is under sudden drop in temperature with the loss of rain from Tuesday next, as he emphasized that this comes after the affected air mass cold coming from Ourba.don that refers to the possibility of the fall rain before that date. The observatory said in a statement, "The satellite images shown on Saturday, offering Cumulus from the south-west towards the countries of the region, including Iraq," noting that "projections indicate that the rain will fall in different places across the country starting today Sunday, and increasingly on Monday, especially in northern areas of Iraq. "The Observatory," The temperatures will drop significantly starting from next Tuesday to record the majority of them in the capital, Baghdad, 42 ° C, and in Basra, 44 degrees, and in Arbil, 41 degrees, "attributed to "provide cool air from Europe in the upper layers of the atmosphere." It is noteworthy that most of the provinces of the country is witnessing a wave of intense heat, where temperatures have risen an unprecedented reached 51 degrees Mioah.anthy (1) SOURCE