Ibrahim Saleem and WAM (Abu Dhabi)
The Joint Meteorological and Tropical Assessment Team announced the end of the weather situation over the country. He pointed out that continuous monitoring and follow-up operations were intensified during the previous days, in order to ensure that the necessary measures were taken to deal with the weather situation in a proactive, professional and flexible manner by the concerned authorities. The team held a series of meetings headed by the National Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management Authority, and with the participation of the Ministry of Interior, the National Center of Meteorology, and a group of relevant government agencies. The meetings focused on discussing all scenarios, to develop preventive and precautionary measures after studying and evaluating the conditions in the areas facing the effects of the weather condition. On the state.
Forecasts
The National Center of Meteorology confirmed the end of the weather condition that the country witnessed, as the severity of the situation gradually eased from the end of the day on Thursday and receded in the north and east of the country. The Center works around the clock to provide effective and continuous weather forecasts and information, which contributes greatly to maintaining the safety of citizens and residents.
Proactive
For its part, the Ministry of Interior confirmed that the central operating centers and rooms and field and specialized work teams were present and with a degree of proactive readiness to deal with the weather situation, and its teams worked in a preventive manner to ensure the safety of lives and property.
The committees and work teams were also in constant session during the weather condition, to ensure rapid response to all emergency situations and the sustainability of business continuity, and the teams will continue their tasks and field work to ensure the smooth flow of traffic on all roads affected by the weather condition.
The Ministry appreciated the role and efficiency of the concerned authorities, which contributed to enhancing stability and safety in society. It also praised the positive societal role that was translated by the public’s awareness and commitment to safety guidelines and procedures and the instructions of the competent authorities.
Response
With the end of the weather situation, the team appreciated the role of the various parties, and praised the speed of the response on the ground to ensure the mitigation of the effects of the weather situation that occurred in the country, in addition to the societal role that highlighted the extent of the public’s awareness and commitment to the instructions issued by the official authorities, and its avoidance of circulating rumors or false information. Good rains continued to fall on various areas of the country, and were concentrated on the Al Dhafra region, where there was an opportunity for the formation of cumulonimbus clouds accompanied by rainfall and active winds reaching a speed of 40 km/h.
With a noticeable rise in temperatures, the maximum temperature recorded yesterday reached 36.5 degrees Celsius in the Al Jazeera Border Guard (Al Dhafra region) at 16:30 UAE local time.
The National Center of Meteorology expected that today, Saturday, weather will be generally fair to partly cloudy, with the possibility of the formation of cumulonimbus clouds accompanied by rain falling in some southern regions, and humid at night and Sunday morning, in some inland and coastal regions, especially western ones, and the movement of winds is southeasterly to light northeasterly. To moderate, active at times, causing dust, with speeds reaching 40 km per hour, and the sea has light waves in the Arabian Gulf and the Sea of Oman… with the possibility of cumulonimbus rain clouds forming during the next week.
The National Center of Meteorology said: Today, Saturday, cloud amounts are expected to gradually decrease, with the continued chance of light to moderate rain that may be heavy in some southern and eastern regions.
As for the winds, they will be southeasterly to northeasterly, moderate to active, and sometimes strong, especially with cumulonimbus clouds, and they will raise dust and dirt, leading to low horizontal visibility.
As for the sea, the waves will be moderate and sometimes turbulent, especially with clouds in the Arabian Gulf and the Sea of Oman.
In detail: “Heavy rain fell on Al-Ghuwaifat and Al-Salaa, and moderate rain with thunder and lightning on the Al-Ghuwaifat and Al-Salaa road, noting that the Al Dhafra region accounted for the highest amounts of rainfall during the weather condition that is expected to end today, according to the follow-up report issued by the National Center, on the weather condition. The state was exposed to it, which began last Sunday.
The country was affected from Wednesday to Thursday by a deepening extension of the surface depression from the Red Sea, accompanied by humid southeasterly winds, with an extension of the depression from the northwest, and an air current in the upper atmosphere, with the advance of various cloud formations, interspersed with cumulus clouds, accompanied by moderate to heavy rain falling on separate areas. With lightning and thunder at times, and some hail, it started in the west on Wednesday night and spread over most regions of the country on Thursday and was concentrated in the western regions, the coasts, and some eastern regions.
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