UAE weather: brace for temperatures up to a scorching 48°C

Overcast skies to clear but searing heat set to develop by midweek as peak summer hits UAE

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  Hazy weather descends on Dubai as summer reaches its peak. Antonie Robertson / The National

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  Traffic passes through Dubai's Sheikh Zayed Road as hot and hazy weather hits the city. Pawan Singh / The National

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  Temperatures in parts of the UAE inched towards 50°C as the UAE hits peak summer. Pawan Singh / The National

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  Dubai Metro passes down the Expo 2020 route underneath hazy skies in Dubai. Pawan Singh / The National

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  Dubai's skyscrapers emerge from the haze on the Sheikh Zayed Road. Pawan Singh / The National

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  Dubai's Burj Khalifa looms in the background as hot and hazy weather hits the city. Antonie Robertson / The National

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  Traffic passes through an underpass as Dubai enters the peak of summer. Antonie Robertson / The National

The overcast, gloomy weather witnessed across the UAE over the past few days is expected to gradually clear from late on Monday.

But the bad news is reduced cloud cover will make way for much hotter temperatures as peak summer hits the country.

The mercury could reach as high as a searing 48°C in internal areas of the UAE, a forecaster for the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) said.

But there is some respite on the way as temperatures in Dubai and Abu Dhabi will drop down to the mid-forties by the weekend.

The NCM expects it to reach up to 44°C in Abu Dhabi and 45°C in Dubai.

However, residents can also expect high levels of humidity to engulf the Emirates for the rest of the week, reaching as high as 80 per cent during the day but dropping to as low as 25 per cent by evening.

“We have recorded high to medium cloud coverage over the past few days but this will gradually decrease from Monday,” the forecaster said.

“As the skies clear, temperatures will rise to the high forties but this will steady out by the end of the week."

He said Tuesday would bring fair to partly cloudy skies, with a chance of rain in the east and south by the evening.

Partial cloud covering will remain for most of the week and light to moderate winds, freshening during daytime, could kick up dust and sand over exposed areas, especially along the coast.