Emirates Meteorology Portal

It seems January will bring “some” ups and downs to the weather of the Arabian Peninsula, after a very quiet and repititve December. The Mediterranean countires will also witness some weather changes. Some showers, and some in unusual places A few isolated thundershowers could affect parts of Saudi Arabia between late Saturday Jan 7 and early Monday Jan 9. The highest chance, although small, is over Jeddah and central parts of central Saudi Arabia that might reach Kuwait and upper parts of the Arabian Gulf. A rather unusual spot for showers will be southest coastal Pakistan and eastern Gulf of  [ Read More ]

The first week of Jan 2012 brings almost the same weather. January is typically the coolest month of the year. Aside from the duststorm and southerly winds that hit Kuwait today, this week’s weather is going to be essentially the same as much of Dec 2011. But a slight warming is expected in the gulf countries on Monday before gusty and cool northwesterly winds arrive over the gulf starting Tuesday with windy conditions expected in Bahrain, Qatar, and the UAE by Wednesday. The Mediterranean continues to be receiving low pressures. This dry trend could continue well into mid January.

A cold front to bring scattered thundershowers and cooler air accross the Arabian Gulf countries. Chance of showers in the UAE on Monday. This is the first rain of the cool season.   The weather has really cooled down over Kuwait and parts of Saudi Arabia with daytime temperatures in mid 20s. After some rain over the Mediterranean, a developing mid-level low over SW Asia will help cause rain over Iraq from Firday to Sunday and Iran for the next 4-5 days. A weak cold front will develop over the Arabian Gulf. It will cause scattered thundershowers over Kuwait on Saturday  [ Read More ]

Death toll reaches 14. Main reason remains overflowing wadis and drowning caes. Although rain was extreme by all standards over SE Oman, NE Oman and Muscat got less rain. It is a shame that Oman’s geography and urban planning are part of the reason of such death cases. Parts of Muscat and other Oman cities are just under wadis where rainwater can fall in and make roads into rivers! Weather-wise, the behavior of this tropical storm was not typical. Usually, tropical storms and cyclones pass by Oman in a span of 24 hours. But Keila stalled off the Oman coast  [ Read More ]