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People cover their faces at Business Bay area during the sandstorm in Dubai. For illustrative purposes only. Image Credit: Ahmed Ramzan/ Gulf News

Dubai: A drop in temperature is expected in the UAE as fresh northwesterly wind blows towards the western region, while convective clouds could bring rainfall to country's north-eastern parts on Tuesday afternoon.

Meanwhile, weathermen also raised a yellow alert offshore in the UAE moderate to rough waves are expected on the Arabian Gulf and Oman Sea.

The National Centre for Meteorology (NCM) predicts a drop in temperature westward, while fresh winds especially over the sea could bring blowing dust over exposed areas.

On Monday, Fujairah received light to moderate showers on Monday afternoon as the rest of the country were affected by haze and dust — a pattern that may continue on Tuesday.

Light to moderate rain was recorded in Al Bidya in Fujairah as well as Khor Fakkan in Sharjah.

Forecasters have predicted that the conditions will persist for a few days.

Cooling down 

Abu Dhabi, for example, is expected to have a five-degree drop in its maximum temperature of 36 °Celsius on Monday to 31°C on Tuesday plus a further two-degree drop on Wednesday.

Al Ruwais, meanwhile, will see a six-degree drop over the next two days from 36°C on Monday to 33°C on Tuesday to 30°C on Wednesday.

The mercury is expected to drop in the western parts of the country over the next two days due to southeasterly to southwesterly wind, becoming northwesterly winds.

Dubai will also see a decrease in temperature as the maximum of 33°C on Monday will go down by 27°C on Wednesday.

Exposed areas will remain dusty as wind with speeds of 20km/h to 30km/h, reaching 40km/h, will kick up dust at times on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The fog alert will be raised again on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday as humidity levels will increase giving rise to fog formation, accompanied by fall in temperatures.