The begining of December marks the start of meteorological winter (Dec, Jan, Feb) in the northern hemisphere. Those are the coldest months of the year. However, astronomical winter starts on Dec 22/23. While it is definetely cooler, the region (Arabian Peninsula and Middeteranian regions) could be largely dry during the start of winter. There has been a lack of large-scale rain systems and cold fronts during November. The same pattern is likely to continue in the first few days of December. Moreover some areas could continue recording higher than average temperatures in the Middeteranian region while eastern parts of the Arabian Peninsula could experience [ Read More ]
Archive for November, 2010
November 2010 has so far brought changing weather conditions across the Arabian Peninsula and Middle East region. November is a month of transition from Autumn to Winter. As days become shorter and sun’s direct rays move away, temperatures have declined further in November, bringing cooler weather with rather cold nights in some places. Many places in the Arabian Peninsula region have been recording below average night-time temperatures during mid November, with temperatures plunging to less than 10c in Kuwait, interior KSA and UAE. Such night-time temperatures are more typical of January. However, day-time temperatures remain pleasantly warm. In contrast, the [ Read More ]
Image of rainwater in Bahrain. Showers and thunderstorms affected the mid and eastern parts of the Arabian Gulf, including Qatar, Bahrain, and the UAE. Scattered thundershowers were occuring daily during Nov 9-15. An area of lower upper air pressure helped fuel some thunderstorms. “Heavy rain was recorded in the Masafi area on Tuesday night measuring 57.6mm, followed by 36.4mm in Madinat Zayed in the western region of Abu Dhabi, 9.8mm in the neighbouring Owtaid, 5mm in Shuwaib, and 1.6mm in Abu Dhabi.” Some storms were particularly powerful with high winds and hail. Western region of the UAE including Madinat Zayed were hit [ Read More ]
The 5th named cyclone of the North Indian Ocean (After Laila, Bandu, Phet, and Giri) has formed over Bay of Bengal. The cyclone is expected to make landfall over eastern coast of India as a category 1 or 2 cyclone, bringing heavy flooding rain, damaging winds, and high waves. Jal could intensify even further before landfall due to high energy over the warm waters of Bay of Bengal. Jal could re-emerge later in the Arabian Sea.
