Five days of rain, wind and dust expected in the UAE

Al Ain: Dust storm is raging across the country on Thursday with drastic dip in visibility.

Moderate to heavy rain is also expected to hit the UAE over the next five days, according to the national weather bureau.

The five-day spell of unstable weather will also trigger dust storm.

The weather condition is expected to start changing from Wednesday, due to the influence of a surface trough coming in from the Red Sea area, said the National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS).

The NCMS has advised motorists and sea travellers to take precautionary measures. Motorists, in particularly, have been asked to be extra careful in case of poor visibility due to the dust-in-suspension.

Moderate to heavy showers have been reported across Saudi Arabia due to the changing weather condition. It is gradually moving towards the UAE, said the forecasters. It will also affect the temperature, which is expected to go up, particularly in the western region of Abu Dhabi, due to southerly winds. The temperature will decrease gradually when the cooler north-westerly winds kick in, said the forecaster.

“[We] expect the weather conditions for Wednesday to be dusty and partly cloudy in general,” said the NCMS weather alert. The amount of clouds will increase over some areas, especially the northern, eastern and the UAE’s islands in the Arabian Gulf, with a probability of rain clouds accumulation over the eastern mountain region by afternoon, said the NCMS.

Moderate southerly wind will hit most areas. It will kick up dust and sand, decreasing horizontal visibility. Arabian Gulf and Sea of Oman will be moderate to rough, said the forecaster.

The forecaster said an upper air cold mass is expected to enter the country on Thursday, turning the skies partly cloudy to cloudy at times with scattered rainfall throughout the evening and night. “[The] cold upper air mass will intensify the instability in weather in general, [giving] different rain of different intensity in the north,” said the forecaster.

The NCMS said unstable weather conditions are likely to continue until Sunday (March 16) and affect the country with different spells of rain.