NNA - The Beirut airport-based meteorology department has expected Friday's weather to be partly cloudy with rising temperatures and active winds. In the evening, temperature degrees are expected to start dropping and scattered rain is forecast, with possible thunder and lightning.

Coastal temperatures: 16 to 23 degrees Celsius

Mountainous temperatures: 10 to 17 degrees Celsius

Inland temperatures: 9 to 18 degrees Celsius

Surface wind: Southwesterly, with speeds gusting between 15 and 40 km/hr

Visibility: Average, especially at high altitude due to fog

Coastline humidity:  70 to 90%

Sea: Wavy, with surface water temperature at 18 degrees Celsius

Sunrise: 5:49

Sunset: 17:45

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