UAE’s Met Office has debunked rumors linking cloud seeding to the recent heavy rains in the country.

Dr. Habib Ahmed, a senior meteorologist at the National Center of Meteorology (NCM), clarified that no cloud-seeding flights were conducted during the period of unstable weather in the country.

He urged the public not to believe misinformation spread by certain media outlets and social media accounts.

As a result, the NCM issued an alert on April 11, warning of an impending period of unstable weather, including rainfall, strong winds, dust storms, thunderstorms, and hail across the country.

He emphasized that the NCM closely monitored the weather situation in the region, particularly in neighboring Saudi Arabia and Oman.

The alert explicitly stated that rain-bearing clouds originating from western parts of the country would move across the entire UAE, resulting in varying intensities of rainfall.

Dr. Ahmed highlighted the presence of a deep low-pressure system in the Southwest region, along with a separate low-pressure situation in the upper atmosphere over the UAE. Additionally, humid air from the Arabian Sea contributed to the unstable weather.

Dr. Ahmed further elaborated that the heavy rainfall and thunderstorms were caused by intense winds and downdrafts.

It brought moisture-laden clouds from southern Oman and Saudi Arabia into the UAE.

These weather phenomena occurred in two distinct waves on Monday and Tuesday, by the NCM’s analysis.