Will tree tops be glistening this year..?

I’m laying the disclaimers out here, deep and crisp and even. Thick blankets of the stuff. A veritable ‘pinches of salt’ blizzard.

The prevailing weather of any demarcated area is dependent on an incalculable number of moving variables, so no forecast – regardless of how sophisticated the equipment and algorithms it’s derived through, are – can predict with absolute certainty whether the weather will be merry and bright.

But Christmas is a time for miracles, wishing and belief trumping incontrovertible fact – so the coin flip of a weather bulletin feels thematically on brand.

Will it rain in the UAE this Christmas Day?

Possibly. At least in some parts of the UAE.

The National Centre of Meteorology’s five-day forecast takes us up to Monday December 23, and includes the “probability of cloud cover and light rainfall over coastal and Northern parts of the country”. So that’s the trend.

Other weather prediction services are more sceptical about the anticipation of precipitation. Apple Weather seems to think Dubai at least will be present-ed with a day that’s drier than a slab of school dinner turkey, sans the gravy.

AccuWeather gives a Dubai wet Christmas just a 2 per cent probability. Roughly the same chance as dads knowing what every single one of the kids’ presents are under the tree.

The Weather Channel gives slightly better odds, 3 to 7 per cent in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

And the What’s On office Magic 8 Ball said “Outlook Good” when we asked it if it would rain. Which could be taken either way. And is that not the real spirit of Christmas? You take out of it, what you wish for.

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