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Abdulrahman Saeed, Staff Reporter

The UAE weather body has warned residents and motorists to avoid roads in the night due to thick fog.

The National Center of Meteorology said, “A warning of low visibility due to fog.

Road users and motorists have been urged to take caution and follow traffic instructions, because there is a chance of low horizontal visibility in some coastal and interior areas from Wednesday 11pm to Thursday 10:30am.”

The Ministry of Interior calls on road users to be careful. 

On Wednesday, dense fog blanketed different areas of the UAE, which lasted for 7 hours. The formation of fog started at 2am and continued until 9am as a result of the country being affected by weak surface pressures, accompanied by an atmospheric high extension in the upper layers of the atmosphere.

The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) expects the temperatures to drop by two to three degrees during Friday and Saturday.

On Wednesday, the NCM recorded the lowest temperature of 7.7C° in the Rokna area of Al Ain.

The centre explained that Thursday’s weather will be generally clear to partly cloudy, and humid at night and Friday morning, with the possibility of fog or light fog formation over some coastal areas.

Winds will be southeasterly at a speed of 15 to 25 reaching 40, northeasterly, light to moderate, turning to northwesterly and moderate to light on Friday morning, the NCM expected.

The sea is expected to be light to moderate, becoming turbulent on Friday morning in the Arabian Gulf and light in the Sea of Oman.

The weather on Friday and Saturday will be clear to partly cloudy in general, dusty at times and humid at night, with a noticeable drop in temperatures over the western and coastal regions with the possibility of light fog formation over some eastern interior regions, the centre indicated.

Winds will be northwesterly, moderate to active, especially on the sea, stirring dust in some exposed areas, especially in the west, at a speed of 15 to 25 up to 40 kilometres/hour.

The sea is expected to be moderate to turbulent in the Arabian Gulf and light in the Sea of Oman.

Abu Dhabi Police called on drivers to be cautious due to the low horizontal visibility during the formation of fog, as well as to adhere to the variable speed indicated on the electronic information signs.