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29 March 2024

Severe fog envelopes many parts of Dubai

Foggy morning (Supplied)

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By Joseph George

Severe fog enveloped most parts of Dubai this morning bringing the visibility down to less than 30 metres in several areas and slowing down traffic movement.

The Roads and Transport Authority’s Intelligent Traffic System displayed signs on most foggy areas alerting drivers to reduce speed and switch on the fog lights.

However no major accidents have been reported so far.

Meanwhile the weather forecast for today is that relatively hot weather during daytime with mild to pleasant weather at night especially over the internal and mountainous areas.

According to the met department, “some clouds are expected over mountains by afternoon, may be towering at times.

Slight to moderate winds, freshening at times during the daytime causing blowing dust  and sand over some areas.

Relative humidity is likely to increase over coastal and internal areas during night and early morning times, with a chance of mist fog over some of these areas. Sea will be slight to moderate in general. 

The minimum temperature will range between 20-26 degree centigrade and the maximum between 37 and 42 degrees with a maximum humidity at around  65 to 99 per cent. The weather would continue to remain more or less the same during the weekend.