Weird Weather Continues: UAE is Getting Siberian Cold Outbreak

[JCMach1]

Cold spell to hit country today
By Atef Hanafi

8 January 2007


ABU DHABI — A spell of cold weather is expected to hit the country today reducing temperature to 8C to 9C at night, according to Ali Abdullah Al Gifri, Acting Director of Meteorology Department, National Authority of Communication.

He asked sea-goers to closely follow up the weather forecast and advised elderly people and children to wear warm clothes during the night...

Hussein Rafat, in charge of the climate at the Meteorology Department, said the current cold wave is one of spells hitting the UAE and Arabian Gulf region and could be accompanied by rains during the winter months from November to March.

He said the Shammal winds cause temperature to dive sometimes to 4C to 5C during the night but average temperature during the daytime ranges between 24C and 18C. The cold wave usually lasts for up to three days.

The current spell, he said, was originated from Siberia where temperature stands at 40C below zero but it jumps to 20C to 15C when it arrives in this region passing through dry lands... http://khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2007/January/theuae_January196.xml§ion=theuae


YIKES! IT'S NORMALLY 20-30 HERE DURING WINTER TIME! IN FACT, THIS IS THE NORMAL BEACH TIME... NOT THIS YEAR. WE HAVE ALSO HAD RECORD RAINS AS WELL. LOOKS LIKE GLOBAL WARMING IS MAJORLY COMBINING WITH EL NINO TO PRODUCE SOME REALLY BIZARRE WEATHER...

HOW'S THE WEATHER WHERE YOU ARE?

[Karenina]

1. I was smack dab in the middle

of Germany yesterday. Dark, rainy, freeze-yer-butt-off-in-winter Germany. It was positively BALMY and pink flowers were BLOOMING and the hedges had NEW GROWTH and this shit is SERIOUSLY FUCKED UP.

[MissHoneychurch]

2. We had nice weather here yesterday

sun and cloud mix, dry. Not really warm, but neither cold. Temps around 50°F. But I wish the winter would show up soon.