UAE weather: Heat, humidity set to rise this week

Dubai - The visibility could be less than 1,000 metres due to fog

By Web Report

Published: Sun 6 Aug 2017, 7:55 AM

Last updated: Sat 26 Aug 2017, 10:16 AM

The National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) said on Sunday that visibility could be less than 1,000 metres at roads across the UAE due to fog.
The weather forecast for the country is expected to be hot to very hot in general, while being partly cloudy and hazy at times.

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- UAE WEATHER (@NCMS_media) August 6, 2017

Temperatures will range from 40 to 47°C along the coast, 32 to 39°C in the mountains and 44 to 49°C in the interior regions.
The maximum humidity would be between 60 and 90 per cent across coastal regions, between 50 and 80 per cent in internal areas and 30 and 60 per cent in the mountains.

Light to moderate winds in general, freshening at times over some areas, may cause blowing dust/sand. Sea will be slight to moderate in the Arabian Gulf and moderate in Oman Sea.
According to WeatherOnline.com, Sunday's weather is predicted to be sunny with daytime temperature reaching 45°C. Night time temperature is expected to be 38°C. It will stay dry with no precipitation. The visibility will be around 20km and an atmospheric pressure of 997mb. With cloud covering 0 per cent of the sky, the humidity will be around 35 per cent .

Weather forecast for Abu Dhabi today. Image credit: World Weather Online
Looking at the weather over the next seven days, the maximum temperature will be 46°C on Monday (August 7) at around 4pm, it said.