Drop in temperature from Friday: Met

Weather charts indicate that fresh to strong northwesterly wind may affect the country between Friday evening until the beginning of next week, the Department of Meteorology said in tweet Tuesday. The winds with speeds ranging between 12-22 may gust to 30 KT at times in some areas causing blowing dust and low visibility below 3km in most areas. A noticeable drop in temperatures is expected especially during the night and early morning where the maximum will range between 22-26 C and the minimum between 11-18 C may may drop further in southern and exterior areas. Sea waves are expected to rise to heights between 4-8ft reaching to 12ft at some places. The Meteorology Department urged all to be cautious, avoid all marine activities, as well as to follow latest updates through it's official social media accounts.