Emirates Meteorology Portal

There will be bouts of rain over northern Arabia starting from Jan 30 and continuing to Feb 2. Monday Jan 30, 2012: A long-wave upper air trough digs over the Mediterranean, with widespread rainfall over much of Jordan, northern Egypt including Sina’a, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine. This time rain is likely to fall over interior areas that are usually dry. Tuesday Jan 31, 2012: Rain is expected to extend to northern half of Iraq and western Iran. A new surface low starts to form over northern KSA, with some thundershowers possible over northern red sea coasts of KSA. The low is  [ Read More ]

The recent cold wave that has started on Jan 20 ended as temperatures plunged to sub-zero levels in Kuwait and KSA. Temperatures are expected to rise to mid 20s during the next few days especially between Jan 27 and Jan 29. A slight fall in temperature is expected by early next week. The recent cold wave brough gusty cool winds over the Arabian Gulf, especially off the UAE coastlines. A cold front and a low pressure developed on Jan 20 before the cold air, which caused some showers over the UAE, northern Oman, the Arabian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman,  [ Read More ]

UAE Weather Forecast Jan 20-24 and other gulf cities. Cooler winds to reach northern Arabia by late Jan 20 with subsequent impact over the rest of the gulf. Here is the daily forecast for the UAE for Jan 20-24 which will be updated frequently. Friday Jan 20, 2012: Starting sunny, then becoming mostly cloudy during the day and evening hours over Qatar, Bahrain, and the UAE. chance of rain over northern UAE during the evening hours. This cloud cover is expected to enter Gulf of Oman by Saturday, where it will develop into a cold front with impact over Gulf  [ Read More ]

Colder air will start impacting the Arabian Peninsulua starting late Friday Jan 20th, as a surface high pressure trails behind an upper low and its associated cold front over southwest Asia. Three weather parameters to highlight: Colder Air, Winds, and Rain. Synoptic weather: After delivering rain to parts of the Mediterranean and northten Egypt, A mid-level low pressure is expected to move eastward towards southwestern Asian countries of Iran and afghanistan. With surface lows and fronts forming ahead and eastward of the upper lows, rain will fall over Iraq, Iran, then afghanistan, and Pakistan , with a cold front developing  [ Read More ]