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Residents use a zebra crossing on Muroor Street in Abu Dhabi in a thick cover of fog early Sunday morning. Image Credit: Abdul Rahman/Gulf News

Al Ain: Chances of light rain still exist in the northern emirates and forecasters expect a fall in temperature again from Monday.

The windy spell will also return to the country and sea is rough since yesterday (Sunday) afternoon. People using small boats for sea voyage have been asked to be cautious.

The National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) said the weather will be partly cloudy at times.

The winds would be moderately rough in general but stronger over the sea this morning. The waves in the sea are likely to decrease a little become moderately rough by afternoon.

A duty forecaster said the north-westerlies had been blowing across the country and they have been bringing in moisture from over the sea.

Humidity

Relative humidity is likely to increase in the coastal and internal areas at night and early in the morning.

A fall in temperature and humidity could lead to vapour condensation, creating chance of fog in the coastal and internal areas late in the night and early in the morning. Similar conditions are likely to continue Monday but there will no chance of rain anywhere in the country.

People travelling early in the morning have been advised to be careful behind the wheels. Horizontal visibility was less than 200 meters yesterday (Sunday) morning in Ras Al Khaimah and its surrounding areas until 8am.

The NCMS said temperatures would Monday be 11 to 24 degree Celsius in the coastal areas, 5C to 24C in the internal, and 7C to 17C in the mountainous areas. The humidity level could go as high as 99 per cent in some internal areas and 95 per cent in the coastal areas.