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Dubai - Strong winds, lightning and thunder have been reported across Dubai and Sharjah.

By Sarwat Nasir

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Published: Sun 25 Nov 2018, 10:00 PM

Last updated: Mon 26 Nov 2018, 4:17 PM

Thunderstorms with very strong winds continued to lash UAE on Monday morning.
Weather conditions are likely to continue across Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, according to the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM).

The NCM forecast rain, lightning and thunder of varying intensity scattered across the northern and coastal areas.
Temperatures are expected to continue to decrease throughout, with cloud cover lessening by the end of the day.  
Residents have been reporting rains from Umm Al Quwain, Ajman and Ras Al Khaimah throughout the early morning hours.
Plenty of people gave sightings of veering vehicles, flying billboards and uprooted trees on Sunday. Strong winds had uprooted a tree in Garhoud Park. Motorists complained of strong winds pushing against their vehicles, resulting in some almost losing control over them.
A senior meteorologist at the NCM, Sufian Farrah, said these conditions will continue today. There will be a "substantial decrease" in the temperature, with the lowest reaching 20°C and highest 27°C. On Sunday, the highest temperature recorded was 36°C.
"The country witnessed winds - strong at times - especially during the afternoon time. It raised dust over different parts of the UAE, especially over the Western Region. Horizontally, visibility deteriorated to 2,000m," Farrah told Khaleej Times.
"These conditions will continue today, with strong winds and gusts at times. Some areas are under the effect of unstable weather conditions. It's the accumulation of clouds at different levels. "There was heavy rain over Dubai city on Sunday. This will continue and clouds will penetrate the country. It's a series of different masses of clouds.
"Some parts like Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah and northeastern regions will witness different intensities of rain ... What is expected is that the thunder activity will happen over the western regions, from Jebel Ali to Ras Al Khaimah. There will be heavy rain and thunder activities during the morning time."
Residents left wobbling
Dubai resident Mangal Suvarnan was "shocked" to see a tree toppled while he was running at a small community park in Garhoud. "The wind was blowing pretty hard and I saw a couple of branches that were falling down, nothing serious. But as I kept running on the track, there was a huge tree that had been uprooted. The winds were strong but I didn't expect a tree to be completely uprooted. "There were a couple of branches that were falling off. I just decided not to run in the end because I didn't want to take the risk of bruising."
Another Dubai resident, Nada Al Zarooni, said the winds were strong enough to shake her four-wheel drive. She said the unstable weather caused a signal on the Jumeirah Road to malfunction.
"It started raining, so I got a bit excited and drove around. I drive a four-wheel and when I parked on the side of the road, it was very windy and I could feel my vehicle wobble and shake a bit," she said.
An expat who was driving from Abu Dhabi to Dubai, Priya, said she was shocked to see billboards flying loose because of the winds.
sarwat@khaleejtimes.com
 



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Heavy rain, accompanied by strong winds, has resulted in traffic jams in several places in Sharjah and Dubai on Sunday night-Photo by Juidin Bernarrd
Heavy rain, accompanied by strong winds, has resulted in traffic jams in several places in Sharjah and Dubai on Sunday night-Photo by Juidin Bernarrd

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