Humidity to reach 90 per cent as UAE swelters

It's another hot and hazy day in the Emirates

Hazy summer weather in Dubai. Antonie Robertson / The National
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Very hot weather with haze is expected across the UAE on Monday, with humidity levels reaching 90 per cent, according to the National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology.

Humidity is likely to increase at night and in the early hours of Tuesday morning over some coastal and internal areas, with mist forming westward and temperatures reaching highs of 49C internally.

Clouds are also expected to increase over some eastern and southern areas, with a possibility of rainfall.

Winds will be light to moderate causing blowing dust and sand over some exposed areas and the sea will also be slight to moderate today in the Arabian Gulf and the Oman Sea.