Dubai: The pleasant weather residents have been enjoying over the past few days is likely coming to end with the increase in temperatures expected beginning Monday.
Temperatures ranged between25C and 35C across the country last week until Sunday, with Jebel Jais, recording the lowest temperature at 6.2C at 4.30am on Saturday. But forecasters said the mercury will start rising again from Monday until Wednesday.
“Over the few days past, there has been a significant drop in temperature. On Sunday, the mercury was in the middle of 20C over Abu Dhabi and coastal areas, and in general, it was 24C to 27C over most areas,” a forecaster from the National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) told Gulf News.
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“The significant drop in temperature was due to the north-westerly wind, which is coming from colder areas, and affecting most parts of the UAE. Another factor is the cloud coverage, which leads to the decrease in maximum temperature.”
Temperatures over most areas of the country will start to rise between 3C and 4C on Monday to Wednesday, peaking on Wednesday when temperatures could reach up to 33C. The rise is due to the decreasing frequency of the north-westerly wind and decreasing amount of cloud development.
The forecaster said the significant fluctuations in temperature and other meteorological factors are normal at this time of the year as April marks the beginning of the transition season. It is considered as the first transitional month characterised by different surface pressure systems that lead to rapid changes in weather conditions.
The forecaster said residents should expect these fluctuations and weather instability from until halfway through April.
On Tuesday, weathermen are expected fog or mist to form late evening ‘til early morning. Some areas will have fair to partly cloudy skies but the southern areas are expected to have an increase in cloud amount.
On Monday, cloud bands were seen covering most areas of the southern and western areas of the country, including Abu Dhabi, that received light rain. Some stations such as Jebel Jais received 0.6mm of rain while Jebel Mabreh recorded 0.4mm of rain.
Chances of scattered rainfall or thunder showers will be back again from Wednesday to Friday.
