Mediterranean countries (mainly Jordan, Syria, and Palestine) received some unusual early-season rainfall on Wednesday Sep 22, 2010. This marks the first westerly wave of weather disturbances that affect the region from autumn to spring. While the rain was not widespread, there were scaterred thunderstorms that brought heavy bursts of rain. According to Mohammed Al-Shaker (from Jordanweather.Jo), the thunderstorms caused high winds that uprooted trees and resulted in sandstorms that affected Amman airport. And another wave of scaterred thunderstorms might affect the same countries (and maybe Lebanon as well) on Friday Sep 24, 2010. What is more unusual is the timing [ Read More ]
Archive for September, 2010
As we head into late September, some might have already noticed a slight improvement in temperature, especially overnight. If you haven’t, you will soon notice that once October starts. Granted, the worst of summer is over, but heat itself is yet to end. However, a cooling trend should take over soon. Around September 22/23 , autumn equinox takes place in the northern hemisphere, bringing nights and days that are equally long. And during the last few days of September, nights become longer (by a few minutes) once again after 6 months of longer days (since late March). And nights keep on becoming [ Read More ]
“The National,” a UAE-based newspaper, qouted “Emirates Meteorology Portal/blog” and its founder several times during the last few months. We would like to thank “The National” newspaper. Here are the news articles: Autumn officially begins on Thursday The National takes on the heat (index) How hot does it feel at 1pm? Cyclone threatens UAE east coast Storm plays havoc in the Northern Emirates Severe sand storm hits Dubai and Northern Emirates
