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Chilly days ahead in the country
Sharjah recorded a steep dip in night-time temperature, with 6 degrees Celsius on Monday, and the next three days will continue to be very cold across the country, according to Dubai meteorological office.
- By Mahmood Saberi, Staff Reporter
- Published: 17:38 February 5, 2008
- A beachgoer at Jumeirah open beach bundles up against the cool weather. Forecasters predict the cold snap will bring temperatures as low as 5 degrees Celsius until Sunday.
- Image Credit: Hadrian Hernandez/Gulf News
Dubai: Sharjah recorded a steep dip in night-time temperature, with 6 degrees Celsius on Monday, and the next three days will continue to be very cold across the country, according to Dubai meteorological office.
The mean temperatures in Dubai have also dropped six degrees below normal, said Dr S.K. Gupta, duty forecaster, promising chilly days ahead, but no rain.
"It will be breezy, but not windy," he said. Offshore winds have gone down to 12 to 14 knots and waves are only 5 to 7 feet.
The cold winds are coming from Iran where snow had disrupted life and flights.
The mean temperature recorded this month in Dubai was 25.3 degrees Celsius, but it recently went down to 19.2 degrees Celsius and the minimum at 12.2 degrees, said the forecaster.
Things will start warming up from Sunday onwards where the maximum is expected to reach 25 degrees Celsius and the minimum of 14 degrees.
On Tuesday, the coldest spot in the country was Liwa in the western region of Abu Dhabi where temperature fell to 5 degree Celsius.
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