UAE Week Ahead: Winds will whip up sand

By Rajive Singh

ABU DHABI 4 November 2018: The National Center of Meteorology (NCM) has issued the following weather forecast for the coming five days:

SUNDAY: Partly cloudy, and hazy at times over some areas. Freshening wind will cause blowing sand during day time; southeasterly to northeasterly, with a speed 20–30 Km/hr, reaching 42 Km/hr. Sea: rough in the Arabian Gulf and moderate to rough in Oman Sea.

MONDAY: Fair to partly cloudy in general, especially westward. Freshening winds causing blowing sand nduring day time especially northward; southeasterly to northeasterly, with a speed 20–30 km/hr, reaching 42 Km/hr. Sea: rough in the Arabian Gulf and moderate to rough in Oman Sea.

TUESDAY: Fair to partly cloudy in general. Freshening winds causing blowing dust over exposed area during day time; southeasterly to northeasterly, with a speed 15–28 km/hr, reaching 40 km/hr. Sea: rough in the Arabian Gulf and moderate in Oman Sea.

WEDNESDAY: Fair becoming partly cloudy to cloudy over some eastern areas; southeasterly to northeasterly, with a speed 15–25 Km/hr, reaching 40 Km/hr, causing blowing dust over exposed area during day time. Sea: moderate in the Arabian Gulf and slight to moderate in Oman Sea.

THURSDAY: Partly cloudy to cloudy over some areas especially over eastern and southern areas with some convective clouds, and freshening winds causing blowing sand with clouds; southeasterly to northeasterly, with speed 15–25 Km/hr, reaching 40 Km/hr. Sea: slight to moderate in the Arabian Gulf and in Oman Sea.