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Meteorology warns of strong wind and poor visibility

Published: 14 Feb 2018 - 09:48 am | Last Updated: 16 Nov 2021 - 07:31 am
Dust along West Bay on Corniche. Pic: Abdul Basit/ The Peninsula

Dust along West Bay on Corniche. Pic: Abdul Basit/ The Peninsula

QNA

Doha: Weather inshore until 6 pm on Wednesday will be slight dust to blowing dust at places at times with scattered clouds by evening, relatively cold by night, the Department of Meteorology said in its daily weather report, warning of expected strong wind at places at times and poor visibility.

Offshore, it will be slight dust to dusty at times with scattered cloud, report added, warning of strong wind with high seas and expected poor visibility at places later.

Wind inshore will be southeasterly 06 to 16 knot at first, becoming northwesterly 10 to 17/20 knot at places, offshore, it will be easterly to southeasterly 14 to 24 knot, reaching to 28 knot at places, becoming northwesterly by evening.

Visibility will be 04 to 08 kilometer or 2 kilometer or less at places at times.

Sea state inshore will be two to four feet, rises to five feet at places at times, while offshore it will be five to eight feet, rises to then feet at places at times.