UAE weather: dust and occasional cloud cover

Temperatures in Abu Dhabi and Dubai set to drop on Sunday

Dust is forecast for Sunday in the UAE. Pawan Singh/The National

Following the gauge hitting 41°C in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, the National Centre for Meteorology is predicting temperatures will drop on Sunday.

Dust and and partial cloud cover are also forecast, especially to the west.

If conditions do feel a little cooler, then it won't be by much with temperatures in Abu Dhabi set to reach 37°C while Dubai will experience an almost-as-balmy 36°C.

Humidity could get up to 80 per cent and 85 per cent in Abu Dhabi and Dubai respectively.

It will be humid by night and come Monday morning with mist likely inland and to the east.

Moderate to fresh winds will be strong at times over the sea, kicking up the sand and dust.

The sea will be rough in the Arabian Gulf and slight to moderate in Oman Sea.