Weather Update: PACA issues third alert

Muscat: The Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA) has issued Alert No. 3 on the tropical storm over Arabian Sea.

The analysis by the National Multi Hazards Early Warning Center and the outputs of the numerical forecast models indicate a continued flow of clouds accompanying the tropical storm with the chances of rain of varying intensity that may be thunderstorms sometimes over the governorates of Muscat, South Al Sharqiyah, North Al Sharqiyah and Al Hajar Mountains from Saturday morning to Monday morning."

" The intensity of rainfall may range from 20 to 50 millimeters (within 24 hours) with the flow of the valleys, accompanied by active to very fast winds that may lead to the rise of dust and decrease horizontal visibility.

"The sea continues to be rough on all coasts of the Sultanate, and its maximum height of the waves ranges between 3 to 5 meters. The PACA has called upon on everyone to take precautions during thunderstorms, not to cross valleys, avoid low places, and avoid being near the sea."