Thunder, lightning and heavy rain drenched parts of Abu Dhabi and Dubai’s interior overnight, prompting the National Center for Meteorology and Seismology to publish dashboard video of the dark, wet roads.
The NCMS issued a number of warnings overnight to caution the public about the chance of rain clouds forming over the coast and islands, strong winds that can rough up the Arabian and Oman seas and fog formation. These warnings are in effect throughout most of this morning.
The centre also reported that light rain or mist covered parts of the country, including Jebel Ali, Al Maktoum International Airport and Al Ain. Light rain was also reported in Dubai.
The partly cloudy and hazy conditions are expected to continue throughout the day over most of the country, especially over the sea and coastal areas, where the clouds may become convective at times.
The cloudy conditions will be associated with winds blowing 14km to 30km, at times reaching 40km, along the coast. The wind will be slightly weaker in the country’s interior and mountain regions.
High temperatures are predicted to reach between 26°C and 29°C along the coast, 27°C to 30°C in the rural areas and 16°C to 21°C in the mountains.
match info
Maratha Arabians 138-2
C Lynn 91*, A Lyth 20, B Laughlin 1-15
Team Abu Dhabi 114-3
L Wright 40*, L Malinga 0-13, M McClenaghan 1-17
Maratha Arabians won by 24 runs
Key facilities
- Olympic-size swimming pool with a split bulkhead for multi-use configurations, including water polo and 50m/25m training lanes
- Premier League-standard football pitch
- 400m Olympic running track
- NBA-spec basketball court with auditorium
- 600-seat auditorium
- Spaces for historical and cultural exploration
- An elevated football field that doubles as a helipad
- Specialist robotics and science laboratories
- AR and VR-enabled learning centres
- Disruption Lab and Research Centre for developing entrepreneurial skills
Uefa Nations League: How it works
The Uefa Nations League, introduced last year, has reached its final stage, to be played over five days in northern Portugal. The format of its closing tournament is compact, spread over two semi-finals, with the first, Portugal versus Switzerland in Porto on Wednesday evening, and the second, England against the Netherlands, in Guimaraes, on Thursday.
The winners of each semi will then meet at Porto’s Dragao stadium on Sunday, with the losing semi-finalists contesting a third-place play-off in Guimaraes earlier that day.
Qualifying for the final stage was via League A of the inaugural Nations League, in which the top 12 European countries according to Uefa's co-efficient seeding system were divided into four groups, the teams playing each other twice between September and November. Portugal, who finished above Italy and Poland, successfully bid to host the finals.
MATCH INFO
Schalke 0
Werder Bremen 1 (Bittencourt 32')
Man of the match Leonardo Bittencourt (Werder Bremen)
The biog
Year of birth: 1988
Place of birth: Baghdad
Education: PhD student and co-researcher at Greifswald University, Germany
Hobbies: Ping Pong, swimming, reading
