NNA - Friday's weather is expected to be partly cloudy with rising temperatures that will exceed their seasonal average and formation of dust layers in the atmosphere, according to the Beirut airport-based meteorology department.

Coastal temperatures: 16 to 23 degrees Celsius

Mountainous temperatures: 11 to 24 degrees Celsius

Inland temperatures: 9 to 19 degrees Celsius

Surface wind: Northerly to northeasterly during the day, southeasterly at night; with speeds gusting between 15 and 35 km/hr

Visibility: Good along the coastline, worsens at high altitude due to fog

Coastline humidity: 55 to 80%

Sea: Low waves, with surface water temperature at 18 degrees Celsius

Sunrise: 5:37

Sunset: 17:53

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