Indian monsoon trough brings rain to UAE

The Indian monsoon trough is the cause behind the sporadic weather pattern the UAE has been experiencing this week, with thunderstorms and wind speeds measuring 75kmph blowing dust and reducing horizontal visibility.

The UAE’s National Centre for Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) has confirmed that the rain and the dusty, hazy conditions will continue in pockets across the country on Tuesday, with a marine warning still in place for the Arabian Gulf and the Oman Sea.

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Speaking to Emirates 24|7, an NCMS spokesperson said: “The weather this week has been fuelled by a southerly wind, which was actively accelerated, blowing a sandstorm in the interior parts of the country and reducing visibility.

“What we are experiencing in the UAE and Oman is referred to as the Indian monsoon low that carries a humid weather pattern eastwards over the ocean, exerting a low pressure system in the upper atmosphere that causes convective clouds that ultimately reach over the eastern mountains and move into the UAE bringing rain.”

Sunday’s summer storm dropped 17.2mm of rainfall across parts of the country, accompanied by a lightning storm and winds of speeds up to 75kmph, said the NCMS.

“The weather pattern will continue into Tuesday, with chances of convective cloud formation in the east and the west, with possibilities of scattered rain showers in parts of the country,” the spokesperson added.

While the hazy, windy weather will continue to curb horizontal visibility, the NCMS has also sustained its marine warning for fishermen, expecting waves of over six feet in the Arabian Gulf and the Oman Sea.

The spokesperson also assured that such a weather pattern was very common in the UAE summer season, adding that the rainfall will not affect the sizzling temperatures that have crept near 50 degrees Celsius these past few days.

The spokesperson added: “On Sunday and Monday, the maximum temperature reported was 49 degrees in parts of the country; this average temperature will take us into September, when things should start cooling off by a few degrees or so.”

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