Yesterday was a very strange day. No warning of high winds or sandstorms, but when we had to go to town to do stuff, it was clearly not a normal day in Dubai. It looked like the day when we had the sandstorms all over again. Poor visibility, dust particles cloaked the skyscrapers - they were barely visible.
From the local newspaper : GulfNews
Dusty conditions make visibility drop to 3km
By Binsal Abdul Kader, Staff ReporterLast updated: February 16, 2008, 20:42
Abu Dhabi: Motorists had a tough time on Saturday due to poor visibility caused by dusty weather.
Weathermen said the northwesterly flow of air associated with high pressure the previous night caused the dusty weather.
"It started to flow all over the country during late night on Friday and the air mass suspended with dust reduced the horizontal visibility over the central and western parts of the country," said a spokesperson of the National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) in Abu Dhabi.
He said the visibility on Saturday morning was reduced to about 3km but will improve today. Normal visibility is about 10km.
The centre forecasts foggy weather early on Sunday, especially in coastal and interior parts of the country.
A spokesperson of Abu Dhabi Airport Company said the dusty weather did not affect operations yesterday.
The presence of the air mass increased the relative humidity yesterday and there was a substantial drop in temperature.
Although shallow and broken clouds appeared over western and central coasts of the country on Saturday, no rain was reported. Maximum temperature on Saturday in coastal areas was 22 to 26 degrees Celsius and minimum 14 to 18 degrees Celsius.
Dusty conditions make visibility drop to 3km
By Binsal Abdul Kader, Staff ReporterLast updated: February 16, 2008, 20:42
Abu Dhabi: Motorists had a tough time on Saturday due to poor visibility caused by dusty weather.
Weathermen said the northwesterly flow of air associated with high pressure the previous night caused the dusty weather.
"It started to flow all over the country during late night on Friday and the air mass suspended with dust reduced the horizontal visibility over the central and western parts of the country," said a spokesperson of the National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) in Abu Dhabi.
He said the visibility on Saturday morning was reduced to about 3km but will improve today. Normal visibility is about 10km.
The centre forecasts foggy weather early on Sunday, especially in coastal and interior parts of the country.
A spokesperson of Abu Dhabi Airport Company said the dusty weather did not affect operations yesterday.
The presence of the air mass increased the relative humidity yesterday and there was a substantial drop in temperature.
Although shallow and broken clouds appeared over western and central coasts of the country on Saturday, no rain was reported. Maximum temperature on Saturday in coastal areas was 22 to 26 degrees Celsius and minimum 14 to 18 degrees Celsius.
We went to Ibn Batutta Mall and had coffee at Starbucks. Yummy. We had to do stuff at the bank branch and just had a good stroll around. I like to just walk around the mall. It is very lovely.
About Ibn Battuta Mall
About Ibn Battuta Mall
http://www.ibnbattutamall.com/
The Ibn Battuta Shopping Mall is located just off the Sheikh Zayed Road past Dubai Marina heading to Abu Dhabi. It is named after the 14th Century explorer Ibn Battuta who spent 29 years travelling through the Middle East and Asia, the mall is divided into six courts each based on the areas he visited on his travels: China, India, Egypt, Tunisia, Persia and Andalusia.Each Court is decorated to resemble each of these areas of the world and it certainly makes for an interesting walk around with many beautifully decorated ceilings, sculptures, boats and mini displays.The shopping in the mall has a good mixture of well known brand names and individual retailers, which might mean you will find some things you can´t in any of the other malls. The China court houses a 21 screen cinema including UAE´s very first IMAX theatre. The major food court can be found in Tunisia Court, however there are a couple of restaurants in China Court and many other pit stops dotted around the rest of the mall. The mall when viewed from the outside seems to run forever, spread across a huge area of land with a total of ten different car parks. Because of its design walking through the mall means you have to double back on yourself to get back to your car but it´s not as big as it looks fortunately and there´s always something to grab your eye that you may have missed first time through.
The Ibn Battuta Shopping Mall is located just off the Sheikh Zayed Road past Dubai Marina heading to Abu Dhabi. It is named after the 14th Century explorer Ibn Battuta who spent 29 years travelling through the Middle East and Asia, the mall is divided into six courts each based on the areas he visited on his travels: China, India, Egypt, Tunisia, Persia and Andalusia.Each Court is decorated to resemble each of these areas of the world and it certainly makes for an interesting walk around with many beautifully decorated ceilings, sculptures, boats and mini displays.The shopping in the mall has a good mixture of well known brand names and individual retailers, which might mean you will find some things you can´t in any of the other malls. The China court houses a 21 screen cinema including UAE´s very first IMAX theatre. The major food court can be found in Tunisia Court, however there are a couple of restaurants in China Court and many other pit stops dotted around the rest of the mall. The mall when viewed from the outside seems to run forever, spread across a huge area of land with a total of ten different car parks. Because of its design walking through the mall means you have to double back on yourself to get back to your car but it´s not as big as it looks fortunately and there´s always something to grab your eye that you may have missed first time through.
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