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Emaduddin Khalil, Staff Reporter

A gradual rise in temperature is expected from Friday with a chance of drizzles on some areas, especially the coastal and western ones on Sunday, according to the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM).

Thursday’s weather will be clear to partly cloudy and dusty at times in the east but will be humid at night and on Friday morning in some inland areas.

Light to moderate northwesterly winds will blow, turning to active, strong and sand-stirring at times, especially offshore, at 15 to 30 and up to 50 km/h, while the sea will be rough to very rough at times in the Arabian Gulf and rough in the Sea of Oman.

Friday’s weather will be clear to partly cloudy and dusty at times with a gradual rise in temperature but will be humid at night and on Saturday morning in some inland and coastal areas with a chance of light fog. Light to moderate northwesterly winds will blow, turning to active and sand-stirring at times during the day at 15 to 25 and up to 40 km/h, while the sea will be very rough to rough but will have moderate waves in the Arabian Gulf compared to rough to moderate waved in the Sea of Oman.

Saturday’s weather will be clear to partly cloudy and cloudy at times in the west in the afternoon but will be humid at night and on Sunday morning in some inland and coastal areas with a chance of fog or light fog. Light to moderate northwesterly to southeasterly winds will blow, turning to active at times, while the sea will have moderate to regular waves in the Arabian Gulf and regular waves in the Sea of Oman.

Sunday’s weather is expected to be partly cloudy to cloudy at times with a chance of drizzles on some areas, especially the coastal and western ones but will be humid at night and on Monday morning in some inland and northern coastal areas. Light to moderate northwesterly to southwesterly winds will blow, turning to active at times, while the sea will have regular waves in the Arabian Gulf and the Sea of Oman.