The skies are a bit overcast in Muscat these days, and the beautiful rugged mountains are covered with a thin layer of haze till late afternoon. Despite all this, there is no respite from sweltering heat.

The Gulf News reports that a similar phenomenon was witnessed in and around Dubai too. This is what the weathermen in Dubai had to say: “The cloud cover was caused by winds pushing in monsoon clouds from the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea onto the Arabian Peninsula. The moisture-laden air and the hot temperature in Oman and UAE has created hazy conditions.”