Weather inshore until 6am on Monday will be blowing dusty at places at times with scattered cloud and chance of scattered light rain at north

Cold conditions are expected in the country Sunday along with poor visibility at times due to dust and strong winds in some places, the forecast shows.

A cold spell is expected to affect the country from Sunday and continue for several days, the Qatar Met department has said.

After a cold spell that began last weekend, the Qatar Met department has said temperatures are expected to increase around the country from Thursday.

Mercury is forecast to dip further Saturday across Qatar. A minimum of 10C is expected at Abu Samra as against yesterday’s 14C. Friday’s lowest temperature was 13C at Turayna.

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