The UAE is getting ready for another round of thunderstorms! A strong cold front is going to arrive to the UAE on Monday (PM) and will result in widespread periods of rain with periods of heavy rain and heavy thunderstorms. Again, every thunderstorm can be capable of producing hailstones, torrential rain, and strong winds. Northern UAE is at risk, but evey spot in the UAE can get severe weather. Parts of Oman, the Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and southern Iran are also at risk of heavy rain.
Archive for February, 2010
See youtube videos of the storm here and here. The storms resulted in 4 casualties. Extreme thunderstorms in various parts of the UAE have paralyzed life with torrential rain, hail, high winds, and lightning strikes. Eastern and Northern emirates including Dubai were hit hard. Sharjah city received the highest amount of 36 mm of rain in just 2 hours. Image source: GulfNews
An upper low is currently over the middeteranian countries which brought rain showers and thunderstorms there including some heavy showers to Egypt. There are also rain and thunderstorms over parts of Iraq, Iran, NW Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Currently hot weather with southerly winds are affecting the UAE & Oman. It feels like summer here in the UAE with temperatures hovering in mid 30s. On Saturday/Sunday a cold front will result in thunderstorms and rain showers over many parts of the UAE (especially north) and northern Oman (Slight chance of rain in Bahrain and Qatar). Some thunderstorms could be strong. Rainfall amounts could be anywhere between 1 [ Read More ]
Feb 26, 2010 Update: Saturday to bring showers and thunderstorms to the UAE and then northen Oman on Sunday. Late Monday to Tuesday there is risk of very heavy rain and strong thunderstorms in parts of the UAE and Oman. Feb 24, 2010Â Update: It seems that there will be 2 waves of rain affecting the region. The first one being on Saturday with impact on the UAE. There will be possibly some scattered showers and a few thunderstorms on parts of the UAE along the Arabian Gulf. Then the impact might move to eastern UAE and Oman early Sunday. The [ Read More ]
