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Hot days ahead as temperatures in UAE near 50°C

Dubai - Relative humidity is likely to increase

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Published: Sat 5 Aug 2017, 7:44 AM

Last updated: Sat 5 Aug 2017, 5:54 PM

The temperature in UAE could touch 49°C on Saturday, the National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) said. The temperature will be 'hot to very hot', partly cloudy and hazy at times.
The UAE temperature 'will feel like 50°C', according to worldweatheronline.com
Weather forecast for Abu Dhabi today. Image credit: World Weather Online
According to the report, the weather is predicted to be sunny with daytime temperature reaching 43°C in Abu Dhabi. Night time temperatures are expected to be 35°C. The visibility is going to be around 20 km (i.e. 12 miles) and an atmospheric pressure of 996 mb. It will stay dry with no precipitation and cloud covering 0% of the sky, the humidity will be around 45%.
Winds will be light to moderate in general, freshening at times over some areas, causing blowing dust and sand over some exposed areas, it said.

 
"The highest temperature recorded over the country was 48.9°C in Swiehan, Abu Dhabi at 2:45pm," the bureau reported on Friday.  The lowest temperature recorded on Saturday morning was 24.9°C in Jais Mountain at 7:00am.
 
The relative humidity will increase during night and early morning tomorrow over some coastal and internal areas.
Winds will veer southeasterly to northeasterly, 16-26kph, reaching 36kph at times in the internal areas during daytime.
Maximum temperatures will surge to 49°C inland, with lows of 25°C expected in the mountains.
The outlook for the next two days is more of the same, hot to very hot, partly cloudy and hazy at times, light to moderate winds freshening at times over some northern areas on Monday, causing blowing dust and sand and poor horizontal visibility over exposed areas.

Relative humidity will increase during nights and mornings over some coastal and internal areas.
Seas will be moderate over northern areas in the Arabian Gulf, and rough in general in the Sea of Oman.
 
 


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