Lower temperatures, wind and dust in Qatar this weekend

Qatar is expected to witness a fresh spell of unstable weather starting Friday evevning. The weather will be cooler, windy and dusty till early Tuesday afternoon.

According to a special forecast of the Meteorology Department, cooler, northwesterly wind may move at speeds of 31 to 50 kilometre an hour inshore during the above period.

The wind may at times be so strong that it may gather speeds of up to 65 kilometre an hour. Offshore, the wind may have more sting as it may move at 74 kilometre an hour and higher.

The sea will be choppy with waves jumping up to six feet initially and then reaching up to 10 and even 13 feet in some places.

Visibility will be affected due to dusty weather and open areas may especially have poor visibility of up to two km, according to the weather bureau.

High winds will kick up dust and sand which will affect visibility, the forecast said.

There will be formation of some scattered clouds.

The above weather condition is a result of the Indian seasonal low south of Iran extending to the Gulf area with high pressure over northwest of Saudi Arabia.

The northerly wind will lead to a drop in temperature.

Day temperatures would likely be between 37 and 39 degrees Celsius and night mercury levels would be between 25 and 28 degrees Celsius in Doha and lower in southern areas of the country.

The weather condition will continue from tomorrow night and would last until early Tuesday afternoon. [The Peninsula]

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