UAE warns residents of unstable weather conditions for next five days

Emaduddin Khalil, Staff Reporter

The UAE will witness unstable weather conditions for five days between Monday and next Friday, causing cumulus clouds accompanied by rainfall to form over separate areas across the country, according to the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM).

Some cumulus clouds accompanied by rainfall are expected to form in the east on Monday and Tuesday and to extend over some inland areas, the NCM said.

More clouds will form over separate areas of the country between Wednesday and Friday, interspersed with some cumulus clouds and rainfall of varying intensity and accompanied by lightning, thunder and hail at times, it added.

Light to moderate southeasterly to northeasterly winds will blow, turning to northwesterly and active to strong and sand-stirring at times, causing horizontal visibility to be lower, the NCM said, adding that the sea would have regular to moderate waves but might become rough at times in the Arabian Gulf compared to regular to moderate waves in the Sea of Oman.

The NCM said it would be monitoring the situation round the clock and would keep the public updated, calling on everyone to follow the NCM-issued bulletins and reports and not to spread rumours.

Heavy rains with hail fell on separate areas across the country on Tuesday. Rains fell on Malaqet in Al Ain, Dibba Al Hisn, Mleiha and Al Dhaid in Sharjah, Dibba in Fujairah, Shokeh and Asfni and Al Manee’i-Wadi Al Qor in Ras Al Khaimah, Al Watan Street towards Hatta and other separate areas across the country.

The lowest temperature of 18.9 degrees Celsius was recorded in Jebel Jais in Ras Al Khaimah at 01:30, while the highest temperature of 40.2 degrees Celsius was recorded in Al Dhaid at 14:30 UAE local time.

The NCM called on motorists to take caution while driving during the rainfall and to stay away from large puddles and flooded valleys.

Meanwhile, Abu Dhabi Police called on motorists to be cautious due to the rainy weather conditions and to abide by the varying speed limits as shown on the electronic traffic signs.

Tuesday’s weather is expected to be clear to partly cloudy in general and some cumulus clouds accompanied by rains are likely to form in the east and south in the afternoon. the weather, however, will be humid at night and on Wednesday morning in some western areas.

Light to moderate southeasterly to northeasterly winds will blow, turning to active and dust-stirring at 10 to 20 and up to 40 km/h, while the sea will have regular waves in the Arabian Gulf and the Sea of Oman.

Wednesday’s weather will be partly cloudy to cloudy at times and some cumulus clouds accompanied by rains are likely to form in the east and spread to some inland areas.

Light to moderate southeasterly to northeasterly winds will blow, turning to active and sand-stirring at times, while the sea will have regular to moderate waves in the Arabian Gulf and the Sea of Oman.

Thursday’s weather will be partly cloudy to cloudy at times in separate areas across the country. Some rainy cumulus clouds are likely to form, accompanied by a drop in temperature.

Light to moderate southeasterly to northeasterly winds will blow, turning to active to strong and sand-stirring at times, causing the horizontal visibility to be lower, while the sea will have regular to moderate waves but may become rough at times in the Arabian Gulf compared to regular to moderate waves in the Sea of Oman.

Friday’s weather is expected to be partly cloudy to cloud at times and some cumulus clouds accompanied by rainfall are likely to form in the east and south and to spread to some inland and western areas.

Light to moderate southwesterly to northwesterly winds will blow, turning to active to strong and sand-stirring at times, while the sea will have moderate waves but may become rough in the Arabian Gulf compared to regular waves in the Sea of Oman.