Rain, through cloud seeding which has been implemented in the UAE since the 1990s, will definitely boost the country's water supply and help mitigate its reliance on seawater desalination.
The lowest temperature recorded today was at 1.3C in Jais Mountain. In Dubai, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is urging motorists to avoid taking the Shaikh Zayed Road towards Abu Dhabi near the Jebel Ali Port due to water logging. Most likely climate change. Roads gridlocked."
Offices evacuated. All the employees were told to stop work and call it a day as a precautionary measure.
UAE will continue to experience rainshowers up until Wednesday, based on the five-day weather forecast of NCM. Dubai residents, who reel under hot summer months most of the year, desperately look forward to cooler rainy days of winter. Fujairah and adjoining areas also had wet weather at around 5am while Abu Dhabi, Khalifa City and adjoining areas reported rain at 4am. Annual rainfall in the UAE rarely exceeds 120 millimetres (mm), compared to 920mm in the UK. A manufacturing company in Jebel Ali south suspended work on Wednesday morning when rain water started seeping through the building windows, doors and roof. Some residents of Motor City in Dubai were reporting hail. Rain closes all schools in Abu Dhabi. “I only kept the palm trees as they don’t need much water to grow.” An agricultural engineer said heavy rain could solve farmers’ problems temporarily, but long-term solutions were needed.“Due to the lack of heavy rain farmers should use other methods to provide their farms with water, such as modern irrigation or hydroponics,” said Abdulhaq Yousef.“Farmers should be educated by the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment about the best practices, and how to conserve water and make the best of the current resources.” Cloud seeding aims to increase the amount of rain that falls by releasing pure salt crystal, silver iodide, potassium iodide or dry ice into the air, which helps to change the processes within the cloud.Since its first attempt to make rain in 1990, the National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology has used expertise from Nasa and other organisations in its experiments.Using planes fitted with seeding flares, NCMS pilots fire salt crystals into clouds to improve condensation and form droplets that could fall as rain.This year, a UAE research team filed a provisional application for a patent with the US Patent and Trademark Office for a cloud-seeding technique that involves coating a pure salt crystal with titanium dioxide to improve the condensation process.American Charles Hatfield is credited as being the first person to make it rain on demand using science in 1915, using US$10,000 donated by the city of San Diego, California, to end a severe drought.Using a “secret formula” he reportedly produced so much rain that valleys in southern California flooded.
However, on March 9, 287mm of rain was recorded in an area covering Dubai and Al Ain, the highest since records began in 1977. He said: "Biggest storm ever in Dubai! Despite more than 60 years of research, there is a lot to be understood about rain and clouds because of their differing properties.“Not all types of clouds can be seeded, only the ones that are ready to generate rain. The extension of a low pressure coming from the eastern UAE also brought heavy rain associated with thunder and lightning over Al Ain at around 8am on Wednesday, according to the UAE Met office. In her video, parts of Jebel Ali South were water logged and some road signages were toppled. *Updated: February 27, 2017 04:00 AM'No Eid this year' for struggling LebaneseOver 90 years ago the first plane touched down in Abu DhabiHuawei emerges No 1 as global smartphone sales drop 16%Hajj 2020: King Salman praises 'double efforts' to hold pilgrimagePremier League looking at 'clinical passports' to facilitate fans' returnEid Al Adha 2020: UAE prayer timings announced Eid babies delight new parents in Abu DhabiEid Al Adha 2020: UAE families plan virtual celebrations and home prayersResearchers 'impressed but unsurprised' over Russia's Covid-19 vaccine developmentAbu Dhabi school confirms date for full-time return to classroomEid Al Adha 2020: UAE prayer timings announced Eid babies delight new parents in Abu DhabiEid Al Adha 2020: UAE families plan virtual celebrations and home prayersResearchers 'impressed but unsurprised' over Russia's Covid-19 vaccine developmentAbu Dhabi school confirms date for full-time return to classroom Dr Habeeb said the heaviest rain was on Sunday, with 24 millimetres falling over Al Faqa on the border of Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Dubai Police warned motorists to drive safely due to wet weather in most parts of Dubai.
Dubai: Heavy to moderate rain hit most areas of the UAE on Wednesday. Tomas O'Chleirigh posted on Facebook at 10.40am pictures and a video of cars wading through flooded roads in what appears to be Jebel Ali area in Dubai. How does cloud-seeding in the UAE work?
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