ROP warns of low horizontal visibility on road leading to Dhofar

Oman Friday 04/August/2023 13:36 PM
By: Times News Service
ROP warns of low horizontal visibility on road leading to Dhofar
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Muscat: Dust storms on some parts of the road leading to Dhofar Governorate due to active winds may lead to low horizontal visibility, said the Royal Oman Police (ROP) on Friday, August 4, 2023low.

Royal Oman Police said: “Dust storms on some parts of the road leading to the Dhofar Governorate due to the active winds, which may lead to low horizontal visibility in the area extending from the Wilayat of Haima to the Wilayat of Thumrait.”

The Directorate General of Meteorology also asks people to pay attention and take caution, it said: “An increase in dust and a decrease in the level of horizontal visibility on the road linking the governorates of Al Wusta and Dhofar due to the activity of the southwest winds (15-30 knots).”

According to Oman Meteorology here is wind speed recorded in some meteorological stations today:

Duqm station 31 knots

Thumrait station, 29 knots

Muqshin station, 23 knots

Al Mazyouna station, 21 knots

Marmul station 20 knots