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29 March 2024

UAE weather: Foggy, hot and sticky

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By Bindu Rai

The level of discomfort is about to rise with the next three days rolling in the fog, muggy conditions and a spike in the temperature up to 4°Celsius “reaching close to 50°C”.

The UAE’s National Center for Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) also confirmed that the highest temperature recorded last week was 50.7°C in the western region of the country, near the Saudi Arabian border.

The spokesperson said: “While the temperatures have dropped since last week, the next three days will be hotter with the sea and land breeze increasing the thermal pressure over the desert, carrying hot winds from Saudi.

“This will raise the temperatures by nearly 4°Celsius in the interior areas of the country, but those living near the coast, namely Dubai and Abu Dhabi, will see a spike of nearly 2°C.”

The sea breeze will also increase moisture in the air and raise humidity levels around those coastal areas to highs of 95 per cent, said the NCMS, making it “hot and sticky over the next few days.”

Adding to the discomfort will be the onset of fog, which has been plaguing morning commuters the past two days, with visibility dropping to 200 metres on Monday morning near Abu Dhabi Airport and Al Bateen Airport.

The spokesperson added: “Commuters can expect extreme foggy conditions over the next three days, between 5am and 9am, especially in the interiors and the western region of Abu Dhabi, Khalifa City, Liwa and Dafrah.”

Over the past two days Dubai and Abu Dhabi Police have been issuing fog warnings across social media platforms as visibility worsened in parts of the country.

The spokesperson further added that the hot and humid conditions will continue into August; incidentally, the highest temperature recorded in July has been 52.1°C in 2002, while June’s highest has been 52°C at Al Yarsat in 2010.

However, there could be temporary respite on the horizon for those living near the mountains with the NCMS stating the growing cloud cover in the coastal areas of the east could give rise to scattered showers in the next few days.