Has UAE Winter Come to its End?
- Winter came to an abrupt end on last night as temperatures rose and this morning saw weeks of fog give way to the arrival of dust and haze
- Despite predictions that the cooler weather was here to stay this week, temperatures hit highs of 34°C, following a long winter in UAE
- The National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) said that winds across the country reached speeds of 45 kph and issued warnings against strong winds
- The unstable weather is caused by low pressure that pushed strong south-easterly winds across the country, according to a forecaster at NCMS
- The National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) is engaged in the study of a broad range of atmospheric phenomena and processes to determine climatic conditions in UAE
- UAE faces heat and tropical climate for the most part of the year, but winter months come around from December till March
- Average minimum temperatures during the winter months in UAE are between 10 and 14 °C (50 and 57 °F)
- While winters are cool, rainfall in UAE is moderate to sparse; rains occur on an average of five days in the year
- On 28th December 2004, there was snow in the UAE for the very first time, in the Jebel Jais mountain cluster
