After overnight weather warnings of high winds, which reached around 60kph at sea and created wave heights of 4 metres, fresh to strong north-westerly winds are due to continue through the day on Wednesday, with the risk of low visibility due to dust.
Another slight fall in temperature is expected with the wind speed decreasing and relative humidity rising overnight and into early Thursday morning over coastal and internal areas.
Thursday morning could see fog or mist. Rough seas are due in the Arabian Gulf and Oman Sea.
Tuesday’s highest temperature was 36.9°C at Fujairah Airport at 2.45pm. The temperature in a cloudy Abu Dhabi is due to be about 26°C today, while it will rise over the coming days and into the weekend as the clouds clear.
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Who is Mohammed Al Halbousi?
The new speaker of Iraq’s parliament Mohammed Al Halbousi is the youngest person ever to serve in the role.
The 37-year-old was born in Al Garmah in Anbar and studied civil engineering in Baghdad before going into business. His development company Al Hadeed undertook reconstruction contracts rebuilding parts of Fallujah’s infrastructure.
He entered parliament in 2014 and served as a member of the human rights and finance committees until 2017. In August last year he was appointed governor of Anbar, a role in which he has struggled to secure funding to provide services in the war-damaged province and to secure the withdrawal of Shia militias. He relinquished the post when he was sworn in as a member of parliament on September 3.
He is a member of the Al Hal Sunni-based political party and the Sunni-led Coalition of Iraqi Forces, which is Iraq’s largest Sunni alliance with 37 seats from the May 12 election.
He maintains good relations with former Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki’s State of Law Coaliton, Hadi Al Amiri’s Badr Organisation and Iranian officials.
