After rainy spell, stable weather expected now

The weather is expected to stabilise gradually over today and tomorrow, the Qatar Met department has said.This is due to the “extension of a ridge of a high-pressure system”, the weather office said in a post on social media yesterday.Doha and other parts of the country received scattered to heavy rain yesterday, leading to waterlogging at a number of places. The situation, though, was much worse in neighbouring GCC countries like the UAE, where torrential rain and a strong storm disrupted normal lives. Heavy rain affected life in parts of Oman as well. Qatar’s Met department issued a statement that people should not heed rumours and obtain information only from official sources. “The country will not be affected by the convective clouds that affected neighbouring countries east of Qatar on Wednesday, which will continue moving eastward,” it said. “Therefore, the Qatar Met department urges all to get information from official sources only and not listen to any rumours.”Meanwhile, today’s forecast for Qatar shows there are no weather alerts for inshore areas and conditions will gradually stabilise. Offshore areas, though, are expected to see isolated thunderstorms and gusty winds in the early hours of the day. The wind speed may go up to 25 knots in these areas during the thunderstorms. Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions are also likely in the offshore areas, along with a chance of scattered rain.Inshore areas, meanwhile, will be misty in some places in the early hours. Partly cloudy conditions are also expected and there is a weak chance of scattered rain in some parts at first. Visibility may drop to 2km or less in some places at first.The minimum and maximum temperatures today are expected to be 18C and 27C, respectively, with the forecast for Doha being 19C and 27C.