Skies to be partly overcast, rain likely on Thursday

Mohammed Alaa, Staff Reporter

The National Center of Meteorology (NCM) has expected that the weather on Tuesday will be fair to partly cloudy. Low clouds will appear over the Eastern coast by morning and some convective clouds may form over the mountains by afternoon. Humid by night and Wednesday morning with a probability of fog or mist formation northward. Light to moderate northeasterly to northwesterly winds, freshening at times causing blowing dust during daytime, with a speed of 18–30, reaching 40km/hour. The sea will be moderate in the Arabian Gulf and slight to moderate in Oman Sea.

The NCM also stated that the weather on Wednesday would be fair to partly cloudy at times, with a probability of some convective clouds formation eastward by afternoon. Humid by night and on Thursday morning over some internal areas.

The winds would be light to moderate southeasterly becoming northwesterly winds, freshening at times during daytime causing blowing dust, with a speed of 18–30, reaching 40km/hr. The sea will be slight to moderate in the Arabian Gulf and in Oman Sea.

On Thursday, the weather is expected to be fair to partly cloudy, with a chance of some convective clouds formation eastward associated with rainfall, according to the NCM.

“Temperatures tend to increase over the internal areas. Light to moderate southeasterly becoming northwesterly winds, freshening at times during daytime causing blowing dust, with a speed of 18–30, reaching 40km/hr. The sea will be slight to moderate in the Arabian Gulf and in Oman Sea,” NCM added.

PARROT SHOW: Ajman Tourism Development Department (ATDD) hosted a live parrot show at Al Zorah Natural Reserve in collaboration with the UAE Parrots Group to raise awareness for this hobby which is gaining an increasing interest among Emirati youth and contributes to attracting more visitors to Ajman. The number of participants in the 45 minutes live show reached 11 amateurs from the UAE Parrots Group with 18 Macaw parrots.

Parrot breeding is an interesting hobby that brings together many young people who meet to share experience and have a good time. Ibrahim Al-Marai established the group with a team of Emirati youth who have aspirations to raise awareness for this hobby by conducting various activities, events and performances that showcase the capabilities of the trained parrots at several tourist destinations in the UAE. The group includes now many new members in addition to the ladies team that supports achieving the group objectives.