It is expected that the country is affected by extension of low pressure in the upper atmosphere starting from Monday night 28/03/2016 until the end of this week. Which gradually leads to increase the amount of clouds, and the weather will be partly cloudy to cloudy with chance of scattered rain especially on the northern and western regions of the country and extends to most areas on Thursday and Friday, which may be thundery at places at times. Fresh Southerly wind will continue until Tuesday morning changing to Northwesterly – Northerly from the middle of Tuesday and it will be fresh to strong in speed between 10 – 20 KT reaching 28 KT at times and the sea height will rise to 4 – 7 FT offshore. The fresh Northwesterly wind will continue until the end of Thursday with the possibility of blowing dust and low horizontal visibility to 3 KM or less at places. Qatar Meteorological Department urges all to be caution and avoid sea activities during fresh winds and weather changes and it asks to follow latest weather update and warnings through official website and via our various social media accounts.
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