Rabat — Morocco will see a changeable sky this Saturday, October 31, according to the latest bulletin issued by the General Directorate of Meteorology (DGM). While warm conditions persist over the Saharan provinces, several regions of the Kingdom are expected to see unstable clouds bringing scattered rain or showers.
Per the official forecast, these unstable cloud formations, capable of producing raindrops or short showers, will be concentrated mainly over the heights of the Middle Atlas and the southern part of the Oriental region. Further south, skies are expected to remain low in cloud cover or partly overcast over the High Atlas, the Anti-Atlas, the southeastern part of the country, the southern provinces and the Rif areas, where light, localized rain showers may also occur.
Mornings and evenings will bring low, dense cloud banks, accompanied by fog or, in some areas, very light rain, particularly along the Atlantic coastline, the adjoining plains and the Mediterranean front, a pattern typical of this time of year as autumn gradually takes hold across the Kingdom. These conditions usually clear as the day progresses.
On the wind front, moderate gusts are forecast over the southern provinces, the southern Oriental region and the southeastern part of the country, with localized blowing dust in places. Drivers and farmers in these areas are advised to remain cautious, as visibility could be intermittently reduced.
Temperature-wise, overnight lows will range between 4 and 10 degrees Celsius in the Atlas and Rif highlands, a sharp contrast with the 19 to 26 degrees expected in the southern provinces, where nighttime mildness continues. Elsewhere in the Kingdom, nighttime temperatures should hover between 11 and 18 degrees.
Daytime highs are expected to edge upward in the southern provinces, the Souss region and the southeast, while remaining largely stable or slightly lower across the rest of the country.
At sea, conditions are expected to be calm to slightly rough along the Mediterranean front, but choppier at the Strait of Gibraltar and along the Atlantic coast, where wind and swell will keep the sea moderately to rough.
The bulletin reflects a pattern meteorologists have tracked in recent days: a Moroccan autumn defined by lingering pockets of southern heat alongside the season’s first rains in the north and over the mountain ranges, a weather dynamic the authorities say they will continue monitoring closely in the days ahead.
