Intermittent fog covered different areas of the UAE in the early hours of Friday. The fog lasted for 11 hours, causing a decrease in the visibility to the lowest levels.
The occourance was a result of the country being affected by an extension of a shallow air pressure over most areas of the country, associated with a ridge of upper air high pressure.
Fog began to form at 12:16am on Friday in different areas of the country, including Suwaihan in Al Ain, Al Fayah in Abu Dhabi, Madinat Zayed, Ghayathi and Liwa in Al Dhafra region, Al Ain – Abu Dhabi road, Al Ain – Dubai road, Al Maktoum International Airport, Ghantoot “Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid” road, Abu Dhabi – Al Hayer Road, Jebel Ali, Al Minhad Saih Al Salam in Dubai, Meileha road, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed road, and Emirates road in Sharjah. It cleared gradually after 9:30 am, on some central and western interior areas of the country and some northern part, according to the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM).
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