UAE weather forecasters have warned people in the country to be on the lookout for rainfall and dust storms this week.
The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) issued a weather advisory, warning of potential dust storms and rainfall from Wednesday through Friday.
A surface low-pressure system from the east, combined with an upper-air low-pressure system and jet stream from the west, will lead to cloud formation over parts of the country according to a statement by the NCM.
UAE weather forecast
Weather from Wednesday night until Friday will see clouds amount increase gradually from late night Wednesday over Western areas and move toward coats and islands and over some Northern and Eastern areas with a chance of rainfall on Thursday, and clouds amount decrease gradually on Friday noon time with a drop in temperatures.
Sea will be rough to very rough on Thursday and Friday in the Arabian Gulf and moderate-to-rough in Oman sea.
Winds will be southeasterly to northeasterly, shifting to northwesterly, moderate to active in speed and occasionally strong, especially over the sea. They will stir up dust and sand on land, occasionally causing reduced horizontal visibility.
- Wednesday, November 27: Partly cloudy in general, clouds amount increases over scattered areas with a probability of rainfall especially during nighttime Westward and over the islands. Humid by night and Thursday morning over some internal areas. Light to moderate Southeasterly to Northeasterly winds during daytime, gradually becoming fresh to strong at times Northwesterly during nighttime especially over the sea, with a speed of 15–25kmph reaching 45kmph. The sea will be slight to moderate during daytime, gradually becoming rough by nighttime in the Arabian Gulf and slight in Oman Sea
- Thursday, November 28: Partly cloudy to cloudy at times over some Northern and coastal areas and islands associated with rainfall. With a decrease in temperatures. Moderate to fresh Northwesterly winds, becoming strong at times especially over the sea, causing blowing dust and sand over the land, reducing the horizontal visibility, with a speed of 15–30kmph reaching 50kmph. The sea will be rough to very rough at times in the Arabian Gulf and moderate to rough in Oman Sea
- Friday, November 29: Partly cloudy and dusty at times, low clouds appear over some coastal areas especially Northward may be associated with light rainfall, with another significant decrease in temperatures. Moderate to Fresh Northwesterly winds, and strong at times especially over the sea, causing blowing dust and sand over the land, reducing the horizontal visibility, with a speed of 15–30kmph reaching 50kmph. The sea will be very rough to rough in the Arabian Gulf and rough to moderate in Oman Sea
- Saturday, November 30: Partly cloudy to cloudy and dusty at times. Low clouds appear over some coastal areas. Moderate to fresh Northwesterly winds especially over the sea, causing blowing dust and sand over the land, reducing the horizontal visibility, with a speed of 10–25kmph reaching 40kmph. The sea will be rough in the Arabian Gulf and moderate to rough at times in Oman Sea
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