Saturday rainshowers in the UAE
Rain in Al Madam and Maliha districts of Sharjah; hail in Al Ain
Abu Dhabi / Dubai: Weathermen reported rainshowers in the UAE's Al Madam and Al Maliha districts on Saturday afternoon, while heavy rain brought hail to Al Ain later in the day.
The Abu Dhabi-based NCM reported that hail pounded parts of Al Ain, in Abu Dhabi late on Saturday afternoon.
The National Centre for Meteorology, meanwhile, reported that today's skies will be looking partly cloudy in other parts of the country, with a chance of some convective clouds forming in the eastern (Fujairah) and southern (Abu Dhabi) regions.
These may maybe be associated with some rainfall.
In other parts of the country, today's skies will be looking partly cloudy with a chance of some convective clouds forming in the eastern (Fujairah) and southern (Abu Dhabi) regions.
These may maybe be associated with some rainfall.
The summer rainfall in Sharjah coincides with searing temperatures in other parts of the country over the past few days.
Forecasters explained that the UAE experiences mixed weather during the normally hot summer.
That's because the weather in the UAE is partly affected by monsoons in India, which directly contribute to this rain-during-the-summer phenomenon — as rain clouds drift across from the subcontinent.
The phenomenon, known as "Khareef" in Oman, is where the desert turns green in certain parts of the Arabian peninsula, and it also brings rain to the UAE's mountainous east.