The Arab Weather Center has issued a severe warning for an upcoming “scorching” heatwave expected to hit by Wednesday, with temperatures predicted to soar to 50 degrees Celsius across several Arab countries, including Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, and the UAE. In a bulletin released Monday, the centre highlighted that significant parts of the Arabian Peninsula will be affected by this extreme heatwave. The heatwave is driven by a high-pressure system intensifying in the upper layers of the atmosphere and a deepening thermal low-pressure system in eastern Arabia. Iraq’s Meteorolog…