Emirates Meteorology Portal

September starts in a few days, so does meteorological autumn! The months of September, October, and November marks the autmn season in the northern hemisphere. These are the months where temperatures start to decline. However, astronomical autumn starts on Sep 22/23, when length of day becomes equal to night time (Autumn Equinox). But for folks residing in the Arabian Peninsula, it may still feel like SUMMER! It will take up to end of September and early October for some cooling to take effect. Of course. countries that are more to the north will cool quicker and faster, than compared to other  [ Read More ]

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 ]

An upper low pressure system extending to Southwest Asia helped bring first rain of the season on Thursday to extreme northern parts of the UAE, mainly in Ras Al Khaymah, as well as Musandam area in Oman. Thunderstorms formed offshore and moved towards the coast, delivering heavy bursts of rainfall with some hail that flooded wadis. Such rainfall is considered quite early in the season as October is a very dry month on average. Meanwhile, this upper low is bringing nicer weather to the UAE with some fresh winds.