The United Arab Emirates’ Meteorological Office has refuted claims suggesting that cloud seeding is responsible for the recent heavy rainfall experienced in the nation.
Dr. Habib Ahmed, a seasoned meteorologist at the National Center of Meteorology (NCM), confirmed that there were no cloud-seeding flights carried out during the nation’s turbulent weather spell.
He implored the public to refrain from trusting false information disseminated by specific media platforms and social media profiles.
Consequently, the NCM released a warning on April 11th, anticipating a stretch of unpredictable weather conditions. These were expected to involve rain, powerful winds, dust storms, thunderstorms, and hail throughout the nation.
He underscored the NCM’s focus on closely tracking the weather conditions in the region, with special attention given to neighboring countries, Saudi Arabia and Oman.
The notice clearly mentioned that clouds carrying rain from the western regions of the country would travel throughout the United Arab Emirates, leading to different levels of precipitation.
Dr. Ahmed emphasized the existence of a significant low-pressure area in the Southwest region, accompanied by another low-pressure condition in the upper atmosphere above the UAE. Furthermore, moist air from the Arabian Sea played a role in causing the volatile weather conditions.
Dr. Ahmed provided more in-depth information, stating that the significant rainfall and thunderstorms were a result of strong winds and descending air currents.
Moisture-filled clouds from southern Oman and Saudi Arabia were transported into the United Arab Emirates.
On Monday and Tuesday, the weather events transpired in two separate instances, as determined by the NCM’s examination.
