More rain expected Wednesday: Met

More rain is expected in the country Wednesday as the Qatar Met department has forecast thundershowers along with strong winds and poor visibility at times.
Offshore areas, too, are likely to see thundery rain Wednesday, besides windy conditions and high seas.
Doha and other places in Qatar experienced intermittent rain along with thundery conditions at times Tuesday.
The Met department had recently said that there are chances of rain in the country until the end of the week.
Wenesday's detailed forecast says the wind speed is expected to go up to 25 knots in both inshore and offshore areas, with the sea level rising to 8’.
It will be misty at first and partly cloudy to cloudy conditions are also expected Wednesday, the forecast says.
There is a chance of scattered rain that may become thundery.
Visibility, meanwhile, may drop to 2km or less in some places at times.
Cloudy conditions are also expected offshore along with scattered rain, which may turn thundery at times.
The temperature in Doha is likely to range from 16-19° Celsius Wednesday.
The Joint Committee for Rain Emergencies at the Ministry of Municipality has meanwhile intensified its efforts and readiness to deal with the rain.
This was done through active co-operation between the competent authorities in different municipalities across the country and the unified call centre at the ministry as well as other entities concerned in the country.
Since morning Tuesday rain emergency teams in different municipalities, in co-operation with the competent departments at the ministry, have been exerting efforts to duly prepare the work teams and provide the equipment and mechanisms necessary to deal with any rainwater accumulation.
This is being done round the clock.
The mechanism for receiving any communication is implemented in co-ordination with the main operations room of the unified call centre through the number 184, in addition to the number 188 of the Public Works Authority (Ashghal).