Abu Dhabi Police on Monday urged motorists to drive rigorously on the roads due to excessive winds and mud clouds, with extra unsettled climate forecast this week.
In a social media put up, the power mentioned the circumstances might reduce visibility on the roads.
It additionally reiterated its warning in opposition to utilizing telephones whereas driving.
It comes after the Nationwide Centre of Meteorology mentioned that winds of as much as 40 kilometres an hour might kick up mud clouds, mainly within the UAE’s west.
The NCM mentioned the circumstances — anticipated to final till 8pm — might reduce visibility in some elements to 1,500 metres.
“Reasonable winds … recent to sturdy at instances inflicting blowing mud and sand could cut back the horizontal visibility,” the NCM mentioned.
“The ocean will likely be tough to reasonable within the Arabian Gulf and reasonable turning into tough at instances” within the Gulf of Oman.
Whereas dust-ups are anticipated within the west, the east might be in for some mild rainfall, the NCM mentioned.
“Low clouds will seem over the jap coast by morning [and] could also be related to mild rainfall, with a likelihood of some convective clouds formation eastward by afternoon,” it mentioned.
The dusty, scorching and humid circumstances, nevertheless, are anticipated to proceed for a couple of days.
“[It will be] scorching throughout [the] daytime,” the climate bureau mentioned for its Tuesday forecast. “Gentle to reasonable northwesterly winds [could] trigger blowing mud and sand with a velocity of 15 to 25kph reaching 40 kph. The ocean will likely be slight to reasonable and tough westward throughout the daytime within the Arabian Gulf.”
Wednesday might additionally see extra mud clouds together with the prospect of sunshine rain within the east.
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