Emirates | In a rare and unusual way...a huge thundercloud was detected in the middle of the waters of the Arabian Gulf off the coast of the country this morning

Written By سنان خلف on 2024/08/06

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<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Weather of Arabia - Sinan Khalaf - The latest satellite images monitor the appearance of unusual formations of cumulus thunderclouds in the waters of the Arabian Gulf off the coast of Abu Dhabi, causing showers of rain on some of the country’s islands.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Specialists at the Arabian Regional Weather Center believe that clouds forming in this way during the morning hours in the waters of the Arabian Gulf, and at this time of the year, are considered rare and unusual.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D... satellite images and the movement of thunderclouds from here</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Experts attributed the reasons for the formation of these thunderstorms to the flow of large amounts of tropical moisture into the waters of the Arabian Gulf, coming from the Arabian Sea through the Sultanate of Oman and the Emirates.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><br /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Regarding the forecast for today, specialists at the Arab Regional Weather Center indicated that the chances of rain will be present in a number of regions of the country, especially the western and eastern ones, and their chances increase in the afternoon hours, and God knows best.</p>

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