A cold wave is expected over the coming weekend in the UAE, with minimum temperatures dropping to 4°C. Forecasters think thunderstorm and rain will also hit parts of the country, with moderate to heavy showers expected in various parts.
Dr Ahmed Habib from the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) told Khaleej Times on Thursday, “The country will experience a significant drop in temperature over the next three days starting tomorrow, with temperature being around 4°C.”
The country is affected by an extension of upper air jet stream from the west, accompanied with different cloud formation flowing with a trough of surface low pressure, from the southwest.
The upper air low pressure is deepening accompanied with cold air mass and the number of clouds will increase over scattered areas of the country. He underlines this will be accompanied by convective clouds associated with rainfall of different intensities accompanied by lightning and thunder at times.
“On Friday and Saturday, the low pressure will develop more over our area and will give us rain of different intensity, especially in the coastal area including Ruwais and Dalma and Baniyas islands.
These convective clouds will move to the coastal areas in the north, from Dubai to Ras al Khaimah and gives us rain of different intensity...from moderate to sometimes heavy rain. Some areas in the north of Ras al Khaimah will also experience thunderstorm and heavy rain,” opines Dr Habib.
