Winter Weather

The weather here is very interesting in the winter time. Some days you get beautiful, sunny, clear skies with temperatures during the day in the mid-70's, perfect for all of the outdoor restaurants and activities that Dubai has to offer. On the other hand we seem to be having a stream of cloudy, windy, humid and sandy days. This is day three of sandstorms and what they call sand clouds (basically sand blowing through the air) unlike a sand storm the sand clouds make it appear very hazy and drastically reduce visibility for a good portion of the day. It also makes a mess. Normally, there is a sand coating on everything (especially cars) but it seems to be much worse the last few days with sand settling on the bottom of the pool, on patio furniture, etc... This all being said, I miss a lot about home, but winter is not one of them so I will take the clouds and sand over inches of snow and ice and cold!