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Abdulrahman Saeed, Staff Reporter

The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) has predicted the formation of cumulus clouds, which may be accompanied by precipitation of varying intensity, from Friday until Monday.

This is due to the weather in the country being affected by weak surface coverage systems, accompanied by an extension of an air mass in the upper atmosphere.

NCM has also expected that the weather on Friday is expected to be fair in general and partly cloudy at times. The clouds will appear eastward may be convective by afternoon.

Humid by night and Saturday morning with a probability of fog or mist formation over some coastal and internal areas. The winds will be light to moderate, southeasterly becoming northeasterly and northwesterly, freshening at times, with a speed of 10 – 20 reaching 35 km/h.

The sea will be slight in the Arabian Gulf and in the Sea of Oman.

The weather on Saturday is expected to be fair in general and partly cloudy at times with a probability of some convective cloud formation eastward by afternoon may be associated with rainfall.

Humid by night and Sunday morning with a probability of fog or mist formation over some coastal and inland areas, especially westward. Light to moderate Southeasterly to Northeasterly winds, freshening at times, with a speed of 10– 20 reaching 35 km/h. The sea will be slight in the Arabian Gulf and in Sea of Oman.

The weather on Sunday and Monday is expected to be fair in general and partly cloudy at times with a chance of some cumulus clouds formation eastward by afternoon, associated with rainfall. The winds will be light to moderate, southeasterly to northeasterly, and freshening at times, with a speed of 10 – 20 reaching 35 km/h. The sea will be slight in the Arabian Gulf and in the Sea of Oman.