After yesterday's storm... Is the UAE rain in the summer unusual?

Weather of Arabia - Sinan Khalaf - Residents of the cities of Sharjah and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates were surprised yesterday, Saturday, by the sudden change of weather without warning, to turn from stable weather into stormy weather accompanied by strong gusts of wind and heavy rain! Some described it as rare and unusual in the summer, so is it really rare?

Are UAE rains in the summer unusual?

The truth is that the rains that fell in the UAE yesterday are considered normal in the summer, and are repeated annually for one or two days or more in the summer months, in a rainy season known as the fan season, which begins with activity at the beginning of July, and continues until the end of August, and may extend sometimes until mid-September,

Fan season and monsoon rains

The Marawih season is a product of the extension of the wet monsoons flowing from the Arabian Sea and the Sea of Oman towards the Sultanate of Oman, and with the presence of the eastern mountains and warmer temperatures, cumulus clouds develop in the afternoon, from the eastern Hajar series to the western Hajar series of the Sultanate of Oman and the eastern Emirates, and include Its neighboring regions such as Al-Ain and Hatta, extending to the northern regions of the country, such as Shoka, Kadra, Wadi Al-Qur and other valleys.

The range of cumulus thunderclouds may extend to the interior parts of Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman, so that the clouds will later advance towards the coasts in the form of heavy rains accompanied by strong downward winds, which is what happened yesterday.

The National Center of Meteorology explains what happened

The National Center of Meteorology attributed these weather conditions as a result of a surface depression extending from east to west, accompanied by an extension of an air depression in the upper layers of the atmosphere, which pushes moist air masses from the Arabian Sea and the Sea of Oman towards the region and the country, leading to the formation of thunderclouds on the mountains, with Chance of its extension towards the inner parts.