Since the begining of February, dusty weather has prevailed over the Arabian Peninsulua due to gusty winds from the low pressure over northern Arabia. A strong sand storm formed on Wednesday Feb 2nd over KSA, with blinding visibility and strong winds.
To affect Oman only. More updated details about the low pressure spinning over the Arabia Sea. It is expected to drift slowly to the west-northwest. Rainfall: Rainfall exceeded 40mm over Masirah island. Other areas received between 5 – 30 mm of rain. With rain continuing for a few more days, several areas of coastal Oman might reach 50mm of rain. Impact over Oman mainly: Eastern coasts of Oman and possibly northeastern coast of Yemen are expected to receive some showers and over several periods between Sunday and Thursday. Showers could reach northerneastern Oman coasts. Other interior areas will experience cloudy [ Read More ]
An active spill of the summer showers and thunderstorms over parts of Yemen and Saudi Arabia unleashed heavy downpours due to a surge of tropical moisture and weakening high pressure. The below image from NASA TRMM shows excessive rainfall of around 400mm over eastern Yemen. Moreover, heavy thunderstorms hit southern Saudi Arabia and resulted in flooded roads, trapping residents, with reports of missing bodies as well according to a local Saudi newspaper. It seems such an event is becoming annual as in summer 2010 a similar event occured.
Well, it is summer, but it is also a seasonal time for some afternoon thunder-showers over mountainous areas of the eastern one-third of Arabia. Improving surface dew points, enhanced upward motion through mountain orographic lifting and a slightly weaking upper high, along with confluent surface winds and increasing instability might conspire to increase convective rainfall over mountains of Yemen, KSA, Oman, and the UAE during the next 48-72 hours. In the UAE, some mountainous showers on Sunday July 10th might later move westward to some desert areas near and surrounding Al-Ain. As usual, summer showers tend to be short-lived and bring [ Read More ]
