(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Weather forecasters are cautioning drivers about heavy fog and mist continued throughout the night and into the early morning on Saturday, as visibility across the UAE's roads are down to 1,000 metres.
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- ???? ??????? (@Storm_centre) The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) said the relative humidity is also expected to rise starting from evenings to night and into early mornings. Formation of fog and mist will continue and will be heavy in interior and coastal areas across the country.
The visibility will be between 1,000m to 1km. Also, fog formation along coastal areas will lead to poor visibility of less than 1 nautical mile.
- ?????? ?????? ??????? (@NCMS_media) The lowest temperature recorded over the country was 10 degree Celsius in Al Dhaiid. Areas in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Fujairah, Umm Al Quwain and Ras Al Khaimah saw temperature range from 12 to 18 degree Celsius.
With changing weather conditions, the NCM has urged residents to be on the alert.
"Residents should be careful while on the road and engaging in any outdoor activity," the NCM said and urged residents to comply with advice issued by the authorities.
NCM also reported early morning mist over Abu Dhabi International Airport, Sharjah and other parts of the country.
At least four flights were reported delayed in Abu Dhabi by at around 7.00am, though it was not immediately clear if the fog caused the delayed landings.
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Making a forecast, the NCM said: "It will be fair to partly cloudy in general and hazy at times. There will be light to moderate winds. The relative humidity will increase during night and early morning over some internal and coastal areas, with a chance of fog and mist formation."
- ?????? ?????? ??????? (@NCMS_media) The Arabian Sea and Oman Sea are set to be slight to moderate.
On Fridaymorning, all of Abu Dhabi City and western regions of Madinat Zayed, Ruwais, Sila and Ghayathi areas of Al Dhafra region were covered in fog.
Flights departing to Jeddah, Bahrain, Muscat, Cairo, Khartoum, Islamabad, New Delhi, Mumbai, Dhaka, Jakarta, Kathmandu, Colombo, Manila, Melbourne, Sydney, Los Angeles, Dallas, Dusseldorf, Seychelles, Paris, Puket, Athens, Rome, Dublin, Beirut and Amsterdam got delayed on Friday.
Also, flights arriving from Jeddah, Muscat, Bahrain, Kuwait, Cairo, New Delhi, Mumbai, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Brisbane and Dhaka were late by half-an hour to few hours.
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