After reports of high winds and hailstones in parts of the UAE, the run of unsettled weather will continue for most of the week.
Hajar Waleed, weather forecaster at the National Centre for Meteorology, gives us the forecast.
Wind speeds will touch 60kph and visibility will be down to less than 2,000 metres in the internal northern and eastern regions, the NCM has warned.
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