The unpredictable weather earlier this week led to rain, hailstorms, and even snow in various areas across the UAE.
The National Center of Meteorology (NCM) confirmed on Thursday that the weather change came as a result of 16 cloud-seeding missions that were carried out during four days.
“The cloud seeding missions were carried out from Friday Dec.15 to Monday Dec. 18, when convective clouds formed over the mountain region, which led to successful results,” said a weather forecaster at the NCM.
Cloud-seeding missions can only be carried out when there are cloud formations over the UAE, which are spotted by a radar.
During the mission, a plane enters a cloud and fires salt crystal flares into naturally occurring overcast skies, which encourages the formation and release of cloud moisture into raindrops.
The NCM confirmed that the cloud-seeding mission contributed to an increase of 20 percent in rainfall across the UAE.
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