Weather warning for the next few days
Much of the Gulf, including Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait are expected to be battered by strong winds and heavy rains over the next few days, say weathermen.
The Qatar Met Office said unstable weather was expected till the end of the week due to a trough of low pressure over the area associated with a cold air mass in the upper air.
Cloudy and unstable conditions resulting in rain that may be thundery at times is expected, the Met Office said.
Saudi Arabia, which has already been reeling under heavy rains and flooding over the week, says it is mobilising personnel and resources to meet any emergency after a warning by its weather bureau of severe climatic fluctuations.
It has also been raining heavily in Kuwait and parts of the UAE.
Weathermen have warned of heavy rains and strong winds for the next two days over the eastern, central and western parts of Saudi Arabia, particularly the Eastern Province.
A disaster management centre has been set up in the Mecca governorate that will be supported by 16 support centres, authorities there said.
Contingency plans are also being put in place to close schools and evacuate people from low-lying areas, they said.
Weathermen in Bahrain said the unsettled weather is the result of a deep depression moving from the Mediterranean basin towards the Arabian Peninsula and meeting with warm and moist air mass from the Arabian Sea, which will lead to the formation of clouds over the centre of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
Source: Gulf Daily News | QWeather.gov.qa | Image: nkhairil79
i hope they define what 'heavy rain' and 'strong winds' mean here
"Contingency plans are also being put in place to close schools and evacuate people from low-lying areas"
seriously? please correct my ignorance but does higher ground exist in this part of the world?
thank u for the alert...guys better safe than sorry...:)
i should get into my bunker lol
Yes Rizks even the Camels and the dead black sheep. Baa Baa Black Sheep have you any wool.. Yes Rizks Sir Three bags full. One from the Dead Sheep, One from the sheep who was Lame and One from the Sheep who got run over in the fast lane!
GoofyFather, wat you expect in a desert place ?
A small rain everyone gets excited even the camels....:)
Rizks also dont forget to wear the Cap over your wig, in order to stop it getting wet bcause of the rain!
Rizks: Please be careful. Remember , last year your bicycle chain broke in the rains :O(
hahaha... from where i come, we call this drizzling... not rain
A little spat of rain and everyone goes bonkers here, especially on the Roads!
i should start hoarding food now then from the bakhalas just in case!
britey, i shall send you food...Mutton Balti which u were talking about in another post ! :)
Thanks for alerts
Thanks for the warning. I will stay indoors for the next week.
Please send food !
hmmm...another grandma on QL.
Jon, Good for pointing it out .... Sun, 17.11.2013 , 09.36 hrs
As this is a Qatar blog and most of the above text talks about Saudi, i see no sense in it. I's just rain people, It's not akin to the weather the Philippines has just been hit with so stop the over dramatics.
Mast Bhai , A few other people also liked it ..... but that comes by itself , somebody did something with my machine .... Sun, 17.11.2013 , 09.05 hrs
Cold climate has arrived finally MM bhai is it necessary to post date and time at your each comments..........................:)
I pray for the safety of everybody ........ ............. Sun, 17.11.2013 , 07.45 hrs