Thundershowers likely this weekend

Weather instability to last until tomorrow due to extension of Red Sea trough

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected in the UAE this weekend due to low pressure in the Arabian Peninsula.

The weather instability that will bring scattered rain and thundershowers will last from Thursday until Saturday, the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) said in a tweet.

The weather situation is caused by the extension of the surface Red Sea Trough, which combines northeasterly with southeasterly winds loaded with water vapour over the UAE.

NCM on Thursday raised the yellow and orange alert over most of the interior areas covering Owtaid, Mezeira, Madinat Zayed, Bu Humrah, Qasyourah from 1.30pm to 11pm on Thursday due to rain cloud formation, associated with fresh winds that caused visibility to drop to 2,000 metres.

Heavy rain was recorded over Abu Dhabi and Hammim Road at 4pm and over Madinat Zayed and Habshan in Al Dhafra area. Light to moderate rain was recorded in Al Quaa in Al Ain at around 6am.

Today, the UAE will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies in general while rainclouds may form and bring scattered rains. Similar conditions are expected tomorrow as showers may be expected over western and eastern parts of the country.

Visibility may deteriorate on these days in parts of the country where there is cloud activity due to southeasterly to northeasterly wind with speeds of 20km/h to 30km/h, reaching 42km/h.

Beachgoers are advised to take precautions as the Arabian Gulf will be moderate to rough until Saturday while the Oman Sea will be moderate on the same days.

Beachgoers are advised to take precautions as the Arabian Gulf will be moderate to rough until Saturday.