Chance of heavy rain early next week in UAE

DON'T pack away your umbrellas just yet! The Met Office has issued an alert predicting cloudy weather this weekend, with a chance of heavy showers, thunder, and lightning in some parts of the UAE, early next week.

The National Center of Meteorology (NCM) issued another early warning for unstable weather conditions expected between Sunday, March 24 and Tuesday, March 26.

According to the NCM, cloudy weather is expected in the coming days, because the country is affected by a "surface low-pressure system" extending from the Southwest.

"The low-pressure system will be associated with a humid Southeasterly wind and accompanied by an upper air low pressure from the Northwest, with a flow of different amounts of clouds from the west and southwest."

Cloudy weather is expected as the country is affected by a surface low-pressure system extending from the Southwest, according to the NCM.

The NCM forecast said the UAE will see partly cloudy to overcast skies on Friday, March 22, and Saturday, March 23, with a chance of light and moderate rainfall over scattered areas.

The cloud cover will increase from Sunday, March 24, to Tuesday, March 26, due to the deepening of the upper-air trough.

"Clouds increase over scattered areas accompanied by light to moderate rainfall over scattered areas, which will be heavy at times, at intervals, accompanied by lightning and thunder at times, and a decrease in temperature. Cloud amounts will gradually decrease from Tuesday evening," NCM said.

The NCM forecast alerts that strong winds are expected at times, especially in areas where clouds develop. This will cause dusty conditions and reduce horizontal visibility on the roads.

Sea conditions will be light to moderate, becoming rough to very rough from Sunday in the Arabian Gulf and rough at times in the Oman Sea, especially with clouds.