Dubai: Residents woke to another foggy, misty, and unusually cold morning as they commuted to work on Monday.
The National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology’s satellite imagery of the mist and fog formation showed mist in Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah and Al Minhad at 4am and fog in Jebel Ali at 5am. An hour later, fog blanketed most parts of Dubai, Sharjah and parts of Abu Dhabi.
Mist started to form over Liwa and Sweihan at 11pm Sunday, stretching until early morning Monday.
Both mist and fog are caused by masses of water droplets although they differ in density.
Fog is a type of cloud that reaches ground level and reduces visibility to less than one kilometre. Mist is less dense and is quicker to dissipate due to different factors such as wind, temperature, or when relative humidity changes. Mist can reduce visibility to less than 2km.
Residents took to Twitter to share their excitement about the change of weather due to the unusually cool Monday morning and foggy conditions that they said usually come before winter.
Twitter user El Emm Hozombol said at around 7am, “Who said London is the city of fog , definitely #dubai is the city of fog or actually dense fog.”
Another user, Ara’s Secret UAE, said: “Good morning, everyone! It's 8am here in Dubai: morning fog. Winter is coming!"
The lowest temperature recorded in the country is in Raknah near Al Ain at 20.1 degrees Celsius at 6.45am.
Monday’s weather will be fair in general with clouds appearing over the eastern mountains by afternoon. Temperatures will range between 31C and 35C. Expect light to moderate winds that will become freshening by late night.
