Weather trough to bring rains to parts of Oman

Muscat: There are chances of rainfall, accompanied with thunderstorms, over the northern governorates of the Sultanate, the Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA) said on Wednesday.

PACA said in a statement: "Cloud flow over most of the governorates of the Sultanate, with chances of rain and occasional thunderstorms in the governorates of Musandam, Al Buraimi, Northern Al Batinah and Al Hajar Mountains later, with clouds accompanying Al Ghadag trough."

"Low clouds are also spread over the coasts of Al Wusta governorate of Dhofar, with chances of rain on the coasts and mountains of Dhofar Governorate," the authority added.

Yesterday, PACA had informed that a trough of low pressure, ‘Al Ghadag’ will affect the Sultanate from Wednesday, April 15 to Friday 17, 2020.