A period of unstable weather is expected over much of the eastern Arabian Gulf including parts of the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, parts of northern Oman, and parts of Saudi Arabia. Some scatterred thundershowers will be the name of the game between Sunday April 10th and Friday April 15th. You shouldn’t expect all areas to receive rain. Warmth will continue until cooler air arrives by April 16th. Is this an apology by weather itself for the dry winter here in the UAE?! Well, hot weather and rain sound like Double Standards! Expect a detailed analysis of the upcoming weather!
Archive for the ‘Spring’ Category
April is transitory month between winter and summer. The jet stream is moving northward with longer and warmer days ahead. But northern Arabia remains under the impact of migratory lows. During the next few days, an area of lower upper-air pressure is expected to move across the Mediterranean with a trough extending to Arabia. Coupled with daytime heating, afternoon and evening isloated thundershowers are likely to develop over parts of northern and central Saudi Arabia, possibly Kuwait, and northern Arabian Gulf. Gusty and dusty southerly winds are also likely as dusty winds reached 55 km/hr with reduced visibility.
A massive sandstorm hit Kuwait, Iraq, and northern Saudi Arabia with low to zero visibility. Video 1 & 2. The sandstorm formed in response to strong northwesterly winds behind an advancing cold front that brough thunderstorms to parts of Iraq. What will be the impact over other Gulf countries? Northwesterly winds will push the dust/sand southeastward accross the Arabian Gulf countries of Bahrain and Qatar. However, the impact might not be as severe as it was over Kuwait as sand and dust particles get dispersed and northwesterly winds blowing over the Arabian Gulf water will have less fresh sand to [ Read More ]
March marks the start of meteorological spring (while astronomical spring starts around March 20-22). There will be several rounds of showers and thunderstorms over parts of the Arabian Peninsula between March 4th and 19th. March 15 – 18: A third round is expected over Southwestern Saudi Arabia, especially over red sea coast and mountainous areas including Jeddah and Mecca. Scattered thunderstorms with heavy rainfall are expected to erupt during the afternoon hours of Tuesday Mar 15th and continue to Thursday. Thunderstorms could also hit western Yemen and much of southern Red Sea. A 500mb shortwave trough left behind the main [ Read More ]
