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 ]

Nighttime temperatures over interior areas have been lower than average during December, except for coastal areas. Temperatures could again fall to below 10c, to around 6-9c over inland areas during early hours of Thursday and Friday (Dec 22-23). This includes areas that are a few kilometers away from the coastlines. The immediate coastlines and city centres will not be as cold, due to proximity to the mild waters of the gulf, and will be in mid teens. The coastlines are oftern warmer by 5-7 degrees during nighttime compared to interio areas. During December 2011, temperatures as low as 6 or  [ Read More ]

The begining of December marks the start of meteorological winter (Dec, Jan, Feb) in the northern hemisphere. Those are the coldest months of the year. However, astronomical winter starts on Dec 22/23 when sun’s direct rays are farthest away from tropics of cancer. However, real-feel winter in terms of the lowest seasonal temperatures more closely follows the calendar months of Dec, Jan, and Feb. While it is definetely cooler, the region (Arabian Peninsula and Middeteranian regions) could be largely dry during the first week of December. There has been several rain systems in the northern and mid Arabian Gulf that brough  [ Read More ]

The first temperature drop is coming by the end of the first week of October. While temperatures are likely to stay very warm, there will be a noticable change in temperatures starting October 6th. There could be around 3 to 5 degrees celsius decrease in daytime temperature, compared to end of September. This change will be accross the UAE and other Gulf countries, where daytime temperature will hover around mid 30s.  Even inland areas will experience this change as temperatures will struggle to hit the 40c mark. Nights, if not humid, should also be more bearable. This marks the first, out  [ Read More ]