Rains to continue in many areas of Oman

Muscat: The Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA) has predicted isolated rain over Musandam governorate and the coastal areas of Oman Sea, while chances of thundershower associated with hail and active wind over North Al Batinah, South Al Batinah, Hajar mountains and Muscat till December 11.
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On Sunday, heavy rain fell across many parts of Oman flooding wadis. Meanwhile, the National Multi Hazard Early Warning Centre has indicated that the tropical depression located at longitude 61.5 east and latitude 9.4 north over the south western Arabian Sea with estimated surface wind speed around the center between17 to 27 knots, has no direct impact over the Sultanate coasts.

“Sea condition along the coasts of Arabian Sea will be moderate to rough with maximum wave height ranging between 2 - 3 meters, and slight to moderate along rest of the coasts with maximum wave height ranging between 1 . 5 - 2 . 0 meters,” the statement added.