Those of you who know me know that I am curious about the weather wherever I am. And in this part of the world rain fall is worth a story due to the dry climate.
I now have been for two weeks in Doha for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup and this week so far has been all about rains after late-last week had been about a cold spell. The breeze was quite cool as it was coming out of the desert especially when you sit in the open stadiums during the evening matches. Honestly I didn't think it could be this wet and cool over here.
But the weather changed with overcast skies and then we got our first drizzle on Monday evening. The worst was Wednesday with rains for most of the day and it was a wet affair at the Al Gharafa Stadium during the South Korea vs India match. Whoever could was looking for roof cover in a stadium which is only has roof cover across one-fourth of the ground.
Yesterday the weather improved with the sun coming out again and I at least thought the wet spell was over, but when I looked out today in the morning I got to see an overcast sky and raindrops coming down.
Over the last few days I was told by locals that it rains around four days a year on average, but now we have had rains on four of the last five days. That means in simple statistics that it shouldn't rain anymore in the rest of the year, only 344 days remaining. So it most likely now become a wet year.
The problem is that in this part of the world they are not used to rains and you realise that once it poors. Due to so little rain there are minimal drainage and sewer systems to drain out rain water from the city, so you have streets which are flooded, the sand and water make a terrible mix, while traffic is hampered as it gets slippery on the roads.
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