UAE: NCM declares end to unsettled weather conditions – News

Wet weather for parts of the inland Sunday morning with generally cloudy skies

After a rainy start to the week, the UAE’s National Center of Meteorology (NCM) has declared an end to the country’s erratic weather conditions. Parts of the UAE have been hit with moderate to heavy rains since Monday (Dec 26), prompting authorities in different emirates to act quickly and mobilize emergency operations.

Considering the safety of tourists, main roads and major attractions are closed due to heavy rain. It rained continuously on Monday and Tuesday, causing waterlogging and river surges in many places. The showers on Wednesday morning also saw water gushing from the hills of Ras Al Khaimah, forming waterfalls.

Police in the country reminded residents to be careful and stay away from flooded areas. Motorists are urged to slow down, maintain sufficient distance between vehicles and obey traffic rules to avoid unfortunate accidents.

weekly weather forecast

The Meteorological Department has issued a forecast for partly cloudy to cloudy skies with some rain-related convective clouds covering scattered parts of the country, particularly along the coast, north and east, starting today.

The weather will change from light to moderate winds, gradually clearing up in the morning and sometimes very strong winds, especially at sea, with wind speeds of 15 – 30 and up to 50 km/h. As for the sea, mild weather is expected, with progressively harsh to sometimes very harsh weather in the Arabian Gulf and mild to harsh weather in the Sea of ​​Oman.

According to tomorrow’s forecast, the mainland will be humid in the morning, the sky will be generally cloudy, and low clouds are expected to appear along the western coast and parts of the east. Thursday will also be dominated by northerly and easterly breezes and moderate winds, with speeds of 15-25 to 40km/h at times westwards, while marine weather will be gale to moderate winds in the Arabian Gulf and moderate to light winds in the Sea of ​​Oman .

Parts of the inland areas will be generally wet in the morning on Friday, with skies at times cloudy to partly cloudy and temperatures gradually rising. Mostly light to moderate winds on Friday, strengthening at times to the west, with winds of 10 – 20 km/h reaching 40 km/h, with light to moderate and severe weather expected overnight in the Arabian Gulf , while Oman has a slight weather sea.

At the same time, Saturday is generally cloudy, with low clouds and light rain over some coastal areas and islands in the west, and some inland areas may be wet in the morning.

Light to moderate winds will prevail, sometimes 10 – 20 moving westward, with winds reaching 40 km/h, while daytime offshore weather in the Arabian Gulf and Sea of ​​Oman will be light to moderate, sometimes westward moving.

Parts of the inland area will be wet early Sunday with generally cloudy skies and low cloud over parts of the western coast. Winds will remain light to moderate with wind speeds of 10 – 20 km/h at times and wind speeds of 35 km/h and seas in the Arabian Gulf and Sea of ​​Oman will experience light to moderate weather.

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