Winter starts in Gulf tomorrow

Autumn season will end in the Gulf on Monday and winter will start on Tuesday, when day time will begin to increase, according to a Saudi expert.

“Autumn lasted 91 days this year and it ends today (Monday)…night will start to get shorter and day hours will increase,” said Abdullah Al Masnad, an astronomer who teaches at Al Qasseem University in Central Saudi Arabia.

Quoted by Sabq newspaper, he said that since the start of Autumn, night time has increased by four seconds a day. “The increase will stop on Monday and the day will start increasing gradually,” he added.