This Week’s Weather: Chilly, cloudy, cold and rainy

By Rajive Singh

ABU DHABI 17 February 2019: The National Center of Meteorology (NCM) forecasts weather to be cloudy and cold at night, with chances of scattered rainfall over the coming days.

Sunday: Cloudy with a chance of scattered rainfall, especially over the coast and some northern and eastern areas. Fresh winds, causing blowing dust and sand with significant decrease in the temperature. Fresh Northwesterly winds becoming strong at times especially over the sea and with convective clouds, with speed 25 – 35 km/hr, reaching 55 km/hr over the sea. Rough to very rough seas in the Arabian Gulf and rough in Oman Sea.

Monday: Partly cloudy in general and dusty at times during day time and cold to very cold night and early morning over some areas. Fresh Northwesterly winds, with speed 25 – 35 km/hr, reaching 45 km/hr over the sea. Very rough to rough seas in the Arabian Gulf and rough in Oman Sea.

Tuesday: Partly cloudy and cloudy at times, especially over northern & eastern areas of the country. Moderate to fresh Northwesterly, with speed 18 – 28 km/hr, reaching 40 km/hr over the sea. Rough seas in the Arabian Gulf and rough in morning, becoming moderate to slight by noon in Oman Sea.

Wednesday: Partly cloudy in general and cloudy in morning over northern and eastern areas of the country. Fresh winds, causing blowing dust and sand during daytime with decrease in temperature. Fresh Northwesterly winds and strong at times over the sea, with speed 25 – 35 Km/hr, reaching 60 km/hr over the sea. Rough to very rough seas in the Arabian Gulf and Rough in Oman Sea.