Record Rainfall: A New Climatic Reality for the UAE?
“How do you know how much precipitation that might actually end up falling from that cloud occurred due to the seeding? Or how much would have fallen without the seeding?” – Daniel Swain, Climate Scientist at UCLA Monday marked a historic weather event in the United Arab Emirates, beyond anything documented since records began in 1949. The desert region, typically semi-arid, has experienced the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in the province. Rain began late on Monday, with 0.79 inches recorded according to the meteorological data collected at Dubai International Airport. By the end of Tuesday, this figure had skyrocketed to 5.59 inches of rainfall over 24 hours, soaking the city of Dubai—a volume higher than what the city typically receives in an average year, all……