Summer could begin this month, but Oman is yet to experience a few more days of pleasant weather, and if everything goes well a bit of rain as well.
In the next three days no rains are expected but the cloud advection from West to East will bring in high and medium clouds. This indicates stable weather but the advection of clouds over the Sultanate from Iraq, Saudi Arabia and the UAE will make it cooler. There are chances of rising dust over the desert and open areas. The North West wind will now be mainly light to moderate occasionally fresh. If the North West winds are strong reaching up to 25 -30 knots it is called Habub.
“At present the weather has been moderate to cool however it has been dry and it is the lack of moisture that causes the dust to rise,” explained Jaifer al Busiady, the Weather Forecaster at Public Authority for Civil Aviation. The places, according to Al Busaidy, that usually see the dust rising are Nizwa to Salalah road, and the Wusta governorate in general. The petrol stations in the area tend to experience the dust rise, he pointed out. “The other areas will not experience the dust rise because the mountains will deflect the winds,” said Al Busaidy.
So are we heading for a cool summer?
The global models show an above average summer, yet these are only expectations. “The temperatures are rising all over,” explained the Weather Forecaster to Oman Observer. This winter Oman experienced many rains and troughs. And if the predictions are for above average summer, the weather forecast is also predicting weather that could still give a few more days of cooler days. By April 7 another trough is expected. If the wind by then changes from North West to South East, which would bring in moisture in the air then rains can be expected. “After three days if the winds blow from from the Arabian Sea rains can be expected with the trough. Moisture is like fuel to the rain. All the levels of the air should have a high level of moisture,” said Al Busaidy.
Source: OmanObserver