Much of the area in Qatar received heavy rainfall yesterday, while some areas reported hailstorms.

According to the forecast of Qatar Meteorology Department’s (QMD), thundery rain, with sudden strong wind, is expected at various places today and tomorrow.

The Joint Rainfall Emergency Committee at the Ministry of Municipality and Environment announced hotline (184) to receive calls related to rainfall emergency like waterlogging on highways and streets inside residential areas.

The weather is unstable with chances of rainfall at different parts of the country. We receive all rainfall emergency calls through unified call centre No. 184, the Ministry has tweeted.

The Qatar Meteorology Department shared footages of rainfall and hailstorm at a number of places including Doha, Al Duhail, Madinat Khalifa and Al Wakrah.

The country is affected by a state of atmospheric instability due to extension of low pressure over the region which is expected to last until the weekend, said QMD. Doha sky is expected to be partly cloudy to cloudy in some periods with chance of rain of variable intensity and thundery rain may accompany with strong wind and hailstorm in some areas.

The prevailing wind will be southeasterly to northeasterly moderate to fresh reaching strong speeds at times especially during thunderstorms causing rising dust and low visibility in some areas as well as high waves exceeding 8 fits offshore.
The temperature is expected to drop slightly during this period becoming around their normal average for April.

QMD urged people to be cautious, avoid all marine activities and follow the latest weather updates through its official social media accounts as this transitional period is known for fast weather fluctuations.