Muscat – A 24-hour wet spell brought about 59mm of rainfall in Jabal Akhdar, while Barka received 53mm of rains. More rains are expected over Wednesday as the low pressure weakens and moves to Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

According to Directorate General of Meteorology, there are chances of rain of varying intensity and occasional thundershowers over governorates of Muscat, North Sharqiyah, Dakhilyiah, South Batinah, North Batinah, Buraimi, Dhahira, and Musandam on Wednesday. ‘The coastal areas of Dhofar governorates and adjoining mountains will experience intermittent drizzle and isolated rains.’

Jason Nicholls, Lead International Forecaster at AccuWeather, said that the weak low pressure that brought flooding rains to Karachi will continue to produce showers and thunderstorms in southeast Iran, Oman and UAE into Wednesday. “Thunderstorms can reach Qatar and adjacent parts of Saudi Arabia on Thursday.”

According to the data of the rainfall monitoring stations of Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources, after Jabal Akhdar and Barka, the highest amount of rainfall witnessed, in a 24-hour period from Monday to Tuesday, was in Rustaq (37mm), followed by Samail (29mm), Al Hamra (21mm), Mussanah (18mm) and Al Awabi, Mudhaibi and Nakhl all receiving 17mm rainfall.

The Met office said that rain of varying intensity was witnessed over a number of wilayats in Rustaq, Al Awabi, Nakhl, Wadi al Ma’awil, Barka and Masanna in the South Batinah Governorate on Wednesday morning as a direct effect of the weather conditions experienced by the sultanate.

The rain led to flow of a number of wadis including Al Ad, Al Harbi, Al Hajir, Stal, Al Hamam, Al Abyad, Ain Al Thawra, Bani Heni, Al Hoqain, Bani Ghafer and Al Midan.