Update 11:00 pm/Alert: The main wave began approaching Oman and the Emirates, and the rain gradually expanded in the late hours of tonight and Saturday.

From the Arabia Weather Center - the latest satellite images indicate that the main wave accompanying the depression groove has begun approaching the Sultanate of Oman and the Emirates, so that strong cumulonimbus clouds have begun to form in the south of the Emirates and the Empty Quarter desert.

It is expected, God willing, that the main wave will begin to cross in the late hours of tonight and on Saturday, with clouds creeping to the east and intensifying, and heavy to very heavy rains will fall in large parts of the Emirates and the northern governorates of the Sultanate.

The attached map shows the amounts of rain expected during the period of impact of the rainy situation, God Almighty willing.