Dust conditions across Kuwait are expected to gradually improve during the coming hours as northwesterly winds weaken, allowing suspended dust to settle and horizontal visibility to recover from the early hours of the night, Acting Director of the Meteorological Department Dhirar Al-Ali said on Tuesday.

Al-Ali told KUNA that Kuwait has been affected since Tuesday morning by an extension of a surface low-pressure system accompanied by an extremely hot air mass and active northwesterly winds, which were strong at times, particularly over western areas.

He said wind speeds exceeded 60 kilometers per hour, raising dust and sand and reducing horizontal visibility to less than 2,000 meters in some exposed areas. For Wednesday, Al-Ali forecast extremely hot weather during the daytime and hot to relatively hot conditions at night, with moderate northwesterly winds occasionally becoming active at speeds ranging between 20 and 45 kilometers per hour, causing blowing dust in exposed areas.

Maximum temperatures are expected to range between 47 and 49 degrees Celsius, while minimum temperatures will range between 32 and 36 degrees Celsius, he added.