weather

Yes, it gets cold in Dubai

February 6, 2012

How’s the weather from where you are? Here in Dubai, as far as the midday sun is concerned, ‘winter’ is already over. But on early mornings and evenings, it is still cool – or cold, depending on the years you have lived here. ~ Dubai winter sky in my side view mirror ~ So when [...]

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Strange April weather in Dubai

April 11, 2011

Thunderstorm. Lightning. Rain. April. I never knew I’d see the day the these four words would be in the same sentence – thunderstorm, lightning and rain in April in Dubai! Last night was just crazy with howling winds, claps of thunder and flashes of lightning. We are not used to this kind of crazy weather [...]

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Summer is knocking, I don’t want to let it in

May 2, 2009

How’s your weekend? Mine’s a hot one – nothing kinky, just blistering HOT. I meant real deal, authentic hot – the temperature that is! Days of blow dryer in your face effect is back again. Yesterday, we went out to have lunch to celebrate my aunt’s birthday. We had no car (the husband had to go [...]

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Sandstorm, thunderstorm, what next?

April 13, 2009

The sands were moving as I got down from the bus on my way home yesterday afternoon. The wind was strong. Sandstorm! * Photo not my own but still depicting the sandstorm in Dubai. * I couldn’t open my eyes because unfortunately, I was walking on the opposite direction as the wind. The wind picked [...]

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The weather, work and the Oscars

February 28, 2009

Brain freeze today – must be the weather. Today is windy, hazy and very warm here, I mean outside. In February. Inside the office is cold, the warm blooded people has turned the a/c on again and set it at a temperature that could lessen mother Earth’s lifespan by half. Then it must be because [...]

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when it rains, it (simply) floods

December 8, 2008

I knew these morning clouds were up to something. By 9 am last Thursday, it rained again for an hour flooding the streets and creating massive traffic. Some roads are blocked, some have closed 2 lanes out of 4 as no one wants to pass in the deep flood water. Splash! Weee! Even the flyover was [...]

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we got lightning, thunder and rain too!

November 27, 2008

The big, fat suspicious clouds yesterday gave way to rain! This is the first real rain we had in the Emirates since February or March this year. I spent too much time staying up late last night watching lightning in the skies and hearing rolls of thunder, however faint sounding. Weather like this makes me [...]

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longest day is dusty

June 21, 2008

Today, the 21st of June is the longest day of the year and for the first time in years, I am aware that today is summer solstice when I woke up this morning! Before, I would only know the day after when I read in the news that this place and that place received x [...]

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