Weather alert: Convective cloud activity, rainfall warning for parts of UAE

The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) has issued a warning of possible convective cloud activity along with rainfall over coastal and western areas of the country.

The alert is in place for Tuesday, March 26 from 08:45 am onwards until 8 pm in the evening.

A chance of convective clouds formation associated with rainfall over Coastal and Western areas and fresh wind especially with cloud activities, reaching 50 Km/hr from 08:45 Tuesday 26/03/2024 until 20:00 Tuesday 26/03/2024. pic.twitter.com/2VYaOK9dKU

— المركز الوطني للأرصاد (@ncmuae) March 26, 2024

The rain forecast follows days of cloudy, windy weather due to a low pressure system in place over the weekend.

Rough seas and rain

The weather authority also warned of extremely rough seas with waves reaching up to 9 feet in the Arabian Gulf.

Strong Northwesterly winds, reaching 50 Km/h and very rough sea at times in the Arabian Gulf with wave height reaching 9 FT from 03:30 Tuesday 26/03/2024 until 20:00 Wednesday 27/03/2024. pic.twitter.com/wIO1FjeVEc

— المركز الوطني للأرصاد (@ncmuae) March 25, 2024

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