Overview
- The National Centre of Meteorology expects the peak from Thursday night into Friday morning with heavy downpours, thunderstorms, hail in spots, blowing dust and gusts reaching about 55–60 kph.
- Authorities tightened safety steps as conditions intensified, with reduced highway speed limits, workforce and prayer advisories, and NCEMA guidance urging people to stay indoors and avoid flood-prone areas.
- Recent measurements show how intense the spell has been, with 47.9 mm recorded at Das Island and confirmed hail in Ras Al Khaimah, as short, sharp bursts flooded roads and strained drainage in several emirates.
- Forecasts in the wider region remain active, with IMD flagging thunderstorms, light to moderate rain and gusty winds over Delhi-NCR and northwest India through March 29, and PMD warning of rain-windstorms, hail and flash-flood risk including storms in Karachi on Thursday and a stronger spell in Balochistan from March 27–29.
- Meteorologists tie the setup to successive western disturbances and a slow-moving low pulling moisture from the Arabian and Red Seas, a pattern that can produce fast-building convective storms that overwhelm urban drainage and disrupt travel.