Foggy mornings are quite normal in the UAE during late September, October, and possibly early November. Most likely places for fog are interior areas, inland areas of coastal cities epsecially the highways between Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Immediate coastlines tend to be less foggy. Humid and calm nights can be an indicator of a foggy morning. As overnights temperatures get slightly cooler, and dew points still high, the chance of air parcels condensing becomes higher during this time of the year.
Or a hot start of autumn? Astrologists prefer to consider the period around Sep 21-23 as the start of autumn as sun rays shine directly on the equator, giving way to equal days and night, and Dec 21-23 marking the start of winter. Due to temperature lag of earth, meteorologist prefer to designate the start of September as the start of autumn, and the start of December marking the begining of Autumn. Whichever you take it, days are getting progressively shorter with less heat intake by earth. You should start noticing sunsets becoming earlier and later sunrises. Of course that applies [ Read More ]
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 ]
It is July, the heart of summer. Heat levels are incredibly high. Out of the major Gulf cities, Kuwait city is usually the most likely one to hit the 50c mark. In fact, official temperautures recorded were as high as 50 and 51c on July 14th and 15th, 2011. Yet Kuwait, much of central Saudi Arabia, and other interior areas are less prone to humid air that affect other coastal cities of the UAE, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, and coastal Saudi Arabia. Even though temperatures rarely hit 50c on coastal UAE, high humidity makes it feel much worse. Luckily, several July days have been quite dry in the [ Read More ]
