UAE Forecast Warns of Dusty Winds and Up to 44°C Heat Through Weekend

The UAE’s National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) forecast “fair to partly cloudy conditions across the UAE” with “rising temperatures and dusty winds” expected to persist through the weekend, warning that internal areas could reach “up to 44°C.”

“Seas will be slight to moderate, becoming rough at times offshore in the Arabian Gulf The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) has forecast fair to partly cloudy conditions across the UAE, with rising temperatures and dusty winds expected to persist through the weekend”

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Gulf News said the NCM’s latest bulletin called for “light to moderate winds, freshening at times and causing blowing dust,” tied to “weak surface pressure systems and an upper-level high-pressure extension.”

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It also reported that seas would be “slight to moderate, becoming rough at times offshore in the Arabian Gulf” while remaining “slight in the Oman Sea.”

The same forecast described similar conditions on Thursday and Friday, with “north-easterly to north-westerly winds reaching up to 40 km/h,” and said seas “may turn rough at times in both the Arabian Gulf and Oman Sea.”

On Saturday and Sunday, Gulf News reported that weather would remain “fair in general,” with “continued dusty conditions and fluctuating sea states” ranging from “slight to moderate,” with “occasional rough conditions offshore.”

Separate West Asian weather bulletins echoed the theme of dusty, hazy conditions, with شبـكة راية الإعلامية describing “Khamsin-like, dusty and hazy” weather and “no change in temperatures” on Saturday, alongside “winds… from northeast to southeast, moderate to brisk,” and “the sea will be light.”

Across multiple bulletins, the drivers of changing conditions were described in terms of low-pressure systems, cold air masses, and shifting wind directions, with forecasts emphasizing both dust and temperature swings.

شبـكة راية الإعلامية said that “In the evening and night” the country would be affected by “a low-pressure system accompanied by a cold air mass,” causing “a drop in temperatures” and “scattered showers across most areas,” which “may be accompanied by thunderstorms at times.”

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It added that winds would shift “southwest to west, active with strong gusts sometimes reaching around 50–60 km/h,” and that “the sea will be rough.”

The same outlet forecast that “The influence of the low-pressure system continues,” with “a noticeable drop in temperatures tomorrow, Sunday,” and repeated the same gust range of “50–60 km/h” while again describing “the sea rough.”

وكالة شهاب الإخبارية’s Palestine-focused forecast similarly described a Friday pattern of “dusty at times and partly cloudy” and “relatively cold during the day,” with winds “from the southeast to the southwest” and “the sea… low in wave height.”

For Saturday, it said the weather would be “Khamsin, dusty and partly to mostly cloudy, with no change in temperatures,” with “rain… fall in some areas of the country,” and winds “from the northeast to the southeast, moderate to active.”

In Palestine, WAFA’s bulletin laid out a day-by-day sequence that began with “generally clear skies” and moved toward hotter, drier conditions, while also tracking wind shifts and sea-wave levels.

WAFA Agency reported that RAMALLAH, April 30, 2026, the Palestinian Meteorological Department (PMD) expected “generally clear skies for today, Thursday, with a rise in temperatures,” describing conditions as “mild in the mountainous areas and relatively hot in the rest of the country.”

It said winds would be “southwesterly to northwesterly, light to moderate, occasionally becoming active,” with “Sea waves… low to moderate,” and that in the evening and night the weather would be “relatively cool in the mountainous areas and pleasant in the rest of the country.”

For Friday, WAFA said the weather would be “generally clear and mild in most areas, with a drop in temperatures,” with winds “westerly to northwesterly, light to moderate, occasionally becoming active,” and “Sea waves… low to moderate.”

On Saturday, WAFA forecast “clear to partly cloudy, relatively hot to hot and dry, with a noticeable rise in temperatures,” with “Winds… southeasterly, light to moderate” and “Sea waves are low.”

It then predicted “partly cloudy, hot to very hot, and dry weather on Sunday,” with “a further rise in temperatures,” and described evening and night conditions as “temperatures will decrease while humidity will gradually increase.”

Beyond weather forecasts, Reporterre focused on the role of meteorological data in military planning and on a labor dispute inside France’s weather service.

The article described the CGT union of Météo-France calling “for the end of partnerships with Israel” to “denounce the war in Palestine,” arguing that “The Hebrew state would be using European meteorological data for military purposes.”

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It said the union’s demand followed “the military operation launched by the Hebrew state on October 7, 2023, after Hamas's attack,” and asserted that “the war and Israeli bombardments have caused the death of more than 60,000 people in the Gaza Strip” and “forced nearly 2 million Gazans to flee.”

Reporterre quoted CGT forecaster and secretary Clément Testa explaining that “Atmospheric conditions (wind, temperature, humidity, pressure...) have a direct impact on the trajectory of artillery projectiles and precision weaponry,” and that “Targeting specialists must incorporate these parameters to calculate the necessary corrections.”

The piece also quoted the Inter-Armed Center for Weather-Oceanographic Support of the Forces (CISMF) based at the Météopole in Toulouse, which confirmed: “Meteorology is a factor of paramount importance in planning any military mission, in any domain.”

It further reported that at the Météopole in Toulouse, Clément Testa said Israeli meteorological services are “considered as European services,” specifying that “IMS [Israel Meteorological Service] has partnerships with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts [ECMWF] and the European meteorological service network Eumetnet.”

Reporterre’s account tied the dispute to the infrastructure behind forecasting and to how access to European systems could affect military operations.

It described that “To forecast the weather to come, services must know real-time weather data, everywhere on the planet,” and said those raw data are “integrated into a supercomputer that allows them to obtain precise forecasts.”

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The article stated that “There are not many weather supercomputers in the world, and many countries do not have them — Israel is one of them,” adding that “These countries rely on European cooperation to access forecasts from these supercomputers.”

It said France has “two supercomputers located at Météo-France's Toulouse site,” and that they are “ranked among the 500 most powerful in the world.”

Reporterre also quoted Clément Testa asserting that “In Israel, for example, IMS forecasts are used directly by Tsahal (the Israeli army),” and it included his claim that suspending partnerships and access would “complicate certain military operations carried out by Israel.”

The forecaster said, “They would lose firing accuracy for their air strikes,” and asserted that “To fire missiles beyond 250 km, as happened in Iran, the Hebrew state needs extremely precise meteorological data.”