UAE weather: Rains continue overnight, wet conditions to carry on throughout the day

Rains continued to lash over several parts of the UAE and residents woke up on the first day of the year to wet, cloudy weather.

Moderate to heavy rains lashed parts of Sharjah, Dubai Ras Al Khaimah and Al Ain overnight and early morning, according to the National Meteorological Department (NCM).

It will be a cloudy day throughout, with more showers likely.

NCM's tweets suggested that the recent showers around the country were bought on by the ongoing cloud seeding programme.