DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES , June 27 – 2020 :- Visitors during the hot and humid weather at the Kite beach in Dubai. (Pawan Singh / The National) For Standalone
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES , June 27 – 2020 :- Visitors during the hot and humid weather at the Kite beach in Dubai. (Pawan Singh / The National) For Standalone
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES , June 27 – 2020 :- Visitors during the hot and humid weather at the Kite beach in Dubai. (Pawan Singh / The National) For Standalone
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES , June 27 – 2020 :- Visitors during the hot and humid weather at the Kite beach in Dubai. (Pawan Singh / The National) For Standalone

Eid weather: Hot and humid weather with a possibility of early morning mist at the weekend


Gillian Duncan
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The Eid Al Fitr holiday will be hot and humid, with a possibility of early morning mist at the weekend, according to forecasters.

Tuesday will be fair in general and “rather hot” during the daytime, said the National Centre of Meteorology.

Temperatures will reach a high of 37°C on the coast and up to 41°C inland. It will be sticky in the evening and overnight, with humidity reaching up to 85 per cent on the coast and 80 per cent inland.

Winds will be light to moderate and conditions in the Arabian Gulf and Oman Sea will be calm.

Wednesday will be mostly sunny with scattered clouds in the east. Temperatures will climb to 38°C in Abu Dhabi and 37°C in Dubai.

Winds will be gusty at times, which could blow dust during the day. Conditions in the Arabian Gulf and Oman Sea will be calm.

On Thursday it will be sunny and hot, reaching 40°C in Abu Dhabi and 39°C in Dubai. Conditions will again be calm in the Arabian Gulf and Oman Sea.

On Friday, it will be hot, with temperatures reaching the high 30s in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. It could be cloudy in the east in the morning. Winds could be gusty at times.

Humidity will rise overnight, which could create a misty start to Saturday on the coast. Temperatures will reach the high 30s in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Winds will pick up at times, blowing dust. But both the Arabian Gulf and Oman Sea will be calm. It will become sticky again overnight due to rising humidity.

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The study of 13 essential drugs showed costs in the United States were about 300 per cent higher than the global average, followed by Germany at 126 per cent and 122 per cent in the UAE.

Thailand, Kenya and Malaysia were rated as nations with the lowest costs, about 90 per cent cheaper.

In the case of insulin, diabetic patients in the US paid five and a half times the global average, while in the UAE the costs are about 50 per cent higher than the median price of branded and generic drugs.

Some of the costliest drugs worldwide include Lipitor for high cholesterol. 

The study’s price index placed the US at an exorbitant 2,170 per cent higher for Lipitor than the average global price and the UAE at the eighth spot globally with costs 252 per cent higher.

High blood pressure medication Zestril was also more than 2,680 per cent higher in the US and the UAE price was 187 per cent higher than the global price.

MWTC info

Tickets to the MWTC range from Dh100 and can be purchased from www.ticketmaster.ae or by calling 800 86 823 from within the UAE or 971 4 366 2289 from outside the country and all Virgin Megastores. Fans looking to attend all three days of the MWTC can avail of a special 20 percent discount on ticket prices.

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