Chilly Christmas weather for UAE with a rainy start to 2022

Sun will give way to cloudy skies this weekend

They sky was overcast in Dubai on Wednesday. Antonie Robertson / The National

As UAE residents prepare to celebrate Christmas and ring in 2022, they can expect cloudy and cooler weather.

The forecast shows temperatures ranging from 17°C to 27°C until January 5.

Some sun on December 23 and 24 is expected to give way to cloudy skies in the days that follow, according to the National Centre of Meteorology.

And from the start of January, residents can even expect possible showers in Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi, according to Weather.com.

“Sharjah has a 60 per cent chance of rain in the morning and 40 per cent in the evening, while it’s the other way round for Dubai (40 per cent chance in the morning and 60 per cent in the evening),” it said.

For Abu Dhabi, it said: “It will be partly cloudy skies early followed by increasing clouds with showers developing later at night. Chance of rain 40 per cent.”

Dubai and Sharjah are expected to have rain on January 3 and 4, while Abu Dhabi has a 30 per cent chance of wet weather in the evening of Monday, January 3.

The NCM has made the following weather forecast for the next four days:

Thursday, December 23

It will be partly cloudy with low clouds over some areas. The temperature will drop slightly and it will be humid by night-time and on Friday morning, with the probability of fog in some areas.

Friday

It will be partly cloudy. Humidity is expected to rise during the night and on Saturday morning, with chances of fog.

Saturday

It will remain cloudy, with a chance of mist forming in some areas.

Sunday

The weather will remain partly cloudy and the mist is expected to persist in some areas.

Heavy rain in the UAE — in pictures

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  Traffic moves slowly through flood waters caused by rain on the slip road from 13th street to Muroor in Abu Dhabi. (Brian Kerrigan / The National)

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  Roads in Abu Dhabi were slick and treacherous as the rain came down. Mariam Alnuaimi / The National

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  Abu Dhabi woke up to heavy rain today. Robert Gurdebeke / The National

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  Abu Dhabi woke up to heavy rain today. Robert Gurdebeke / The National

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  Dubai Media City didn't escape the deluge. Maha Elsanosi

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  Roads in Abu Dhabi were slick and treacherous as the rain came down. Mariam Alnuaimi / The National

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  Storm clouds sweep into Abu Dhabi. Vlada Gorbounova

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  Sharjah also had to cope with the rain this morning. Younes Nayji

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  Roads in Abu Dhabi were slick and treacherous as the rain came down. Mariam Alnuaimi / The National

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  Roads in Abu Dhabi were slick and treacherous as the rain came down. Mariam Alnuaimi / The National

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  Strong winds brought a tree down on this car in Media City, Dubai. Ghulam Mustafa Shaikh

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  Heavy rain swept over Abu Dhabi Thursday morning as commuters went to work and school. Sammy Dallal / The National

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  Heavy rain swept over Abu Dhabi Thursday morning as commuters went to work and school. Sammy Dallal / The National

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  Heavy rain swept over Abu Dhabi Thursday morning as commuters went to work and school. Sammy Dallal / The National

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  Heavy rain swept over Abu Dhabi Thursday morning as commuters went to work and school. Sammy Dallal / The National

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  Heavy rain swept over Abu Dhabi Thursday morning as commuters went to work and school. Sammy Dallal / The National

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  Traffic during the rain at the Discovery Gardens area in Dubai. Pawan Singh / The National

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  Heavy rain swept over Abu Dhabi Thursday morning as commuters went to work and school. Sammy Dallal / The National

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  Heavy rain swept over Abu Dhabi Thursday morning as commuters went to work and school. Sammy Dallal / The National

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  Rain in the morning at Discovery Gardens area in Dubai. Pawan Singh / The National

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  Cars plough through the rain in Al Ain. Michael Jabri-Pickett

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  Men work to clear a stretch of the E11 heading towards Al Gharbia that is flooded after heavy rainfall in the Emirates. Sammy Dallal / The National

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  Sammy Dallal, The National photographer, was enroute to the Al Ruwais labour camp that is reportedly flooded, displacing hundreds of workers, but a stretch of the E11 is also flooded. Sammy Dallal / The National

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  Men work to pump away flood water on the E11 in the Western Region. (Sammy Dallal / The National)

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  Heavy rains flood a section of the E11 near Ruwais forcing traffic to be diverted. Sammy Dallal / The National

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  A lorry driver steps out of his cab on the E11 in the Western Region. Sammy Dallal / The National

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  Traffic on the E11 has had to be diverted. Sammy Dallal / The National