Dubai: Cooler temperatures overnight will continue with the mercury dipping, said the national weather bureau on Sunday.

Temperatures were predicted to drop to 2C in mountainous areas of UAE and 7C in internal areas of the country, according to the weather forecast by the National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology in Abu Dhabi.

Cloudty conditions will prevail throughout the night and over the next couple of days with windy conditions blowing dust and creating moderate to rough conditions in the Gulf and Oman Sea.

For early Monday morning, centre forecasters “relative humidity will increase during night and early morning over some internal areas with a chance of mist/fog formation over some of these areas. Sea will be rough over the Arabian Gulf, and moderate over Oman Sea.”

As for Tuesday and beyond, the weather centre predicted “fair to partly cloudy weather. Moderate winds freshening at times causing blowing dust over the exposed areas. Sea will be moderate becomes rough at times over Arabian Gulf, and moderate over Oman Sea. The relative humidity will increase by night and early morning, fog or mist may form over some inland parts.”