Emirates 24|7 readers 'hot' on dashboard reading

Published Wednesday, July 10, 2013

By Majorie Van Leijen (Text)

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That it is extremely hot in the UAE at the moment is hardly debatable; anybody who stepped outside yesterday must have felt the simmering heat.

Today is not forecast to be any different.

(Emirates24|7 reader Anna Roy)

One measure of the heat that UAE residents are strongly relying on is the dashboard reading.

While some dashboards have shown the temperature as above 50°C, the National Center for Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) forecast for the weather in the UAE today is maximum of 49°C (minimum not lower than 25°C).

(Emirates24|7 reader Arish Perez)

Umm Al Zumool, a town in the south-west of Al Ain, was the hottest place in the UAE on Tuesday with a temperature of 50.9 C, according to media reports.

Numerous residents followed with independent weather reports. A Dubai-based radio station posted an image of a thermometer measuring 53°C, not declaring where it was measured.

On an online discussion forum where the temperatures in the emirates of Dubai were discussed, the 50 mark was exceeded as well.

(Emirates24|7 reader Veleska-Rodrigues)

“Yes, the shade temp both at my house and on my car temp is 51c...,” wrote a forum member.

Facebook users posted images of their Samsung screen displaying the measured temperature at moments.

Kinana Homsi-Mardini posted a screen shot displaying 47°C measured in Dubai, adding that it was 53°C earlier.

The temperatures will remain high during the next two days.