Dubai: Heavy afternoon showers are expected to persist over the eastern and southern parts of the country for the next 48 hours.
“The chance of rain of different intensities remains during afternoon over to the east and the south and this weather pattern will continue until Thursday,” a forecaster at the National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) said.
Bida Al Mutawa received very heavy rain on Monday afternoon although no records were available. The forecaster said the rain clouds moved westward on Monday that caused showers in Sadia recorded at 3mm. Rimesa, which is to the west of Sadia, received 0.6mm of rainfall. The south of Hatta experienced moderate to heavy rainfall.
Visibility in areas where convective clouds form may deteriorate as these clouds are associated with strong winds that could kick up dust. The forecaster also warned motorists to be cautious on the roads as they may become slippery when it rains.
Temperatures on Wednesday will remain a maximum of 48 degrees Celsius, with relative humidity increasing by night.
The instability in the weather conditions wreaked havoc in the outskirts of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah on Monday. Signboards were displaced while roofs were flown off in the industrial area of Al Khail in Ras Al Khaimah according to Vivek Handa, owner of a factory that manufactures springs for beds in Ras Al Khaimah.
“It rained heavily for one and a half hours on Monday afternoon, accompanied by hail and very strong winds. Our heavy iron gate came off and one of the walls of the storehouses collapsed. All our products that are stored in the open area were blown away and damaged by water,” Handa told Gulf News.
Handa said he had to postpone a shipment to the US due to the damages estimated between Dh30,000 and Dh40,000.
Not very far away at a cement factory, Saji told Gulf News that their factory was affected “110 per cent due to heavy rain and hailstorm”.
“One of the roofs of our warehouses fell off due to the strong winds. We could also see roofs being blown off,” Saji said.
