The visible image showed a powerful and organized storm with an eye. The tropical cyclone is expected to develop to the west of India within this region of severe weather.
NASA's Aqua satellite captured an image of Tropical Cyclone Kyarr in the Arabian Sea is it headed west toward Oman.
Tropical cyclone, also called typhoon or hurricane, an intense circular storm that originates over warm tropical oceans and is characterized by low atmospheric pressure, high winds, and heavy rain.Drawing energy from the sea surface and maintaining its strength as long as it remains over warm water, a tropical cyclone generates winds that exceed 119 km (74 miles) per hour. The second named storm of the 2018 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Mekunu developed out of a low pressure area on May 21. For Salalah, Cyclone Mekunu has proved the most destructive. Tropical cyclone Gonu was the first destructive tropical cyclone to affect Muscat after the 1890 cyclone. Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Mekunu was the strongest storm to strike Oman's Dhofar Governorate since 1959. Weather Underground provides tracking maps, 5-day forecasts, computer models, satellite imagery and detailed storm statistics for tracking and forecasting Tropical Cyclone … It became an Extremely Severe Cyclone …
... A category one tropical cyclone can cause damage to crops and trees, with gale force winds and typical gusts over exposed areas up to 125kph.
* For a 10 day weather forecast, visit the GulfNews.com weather page . Tropical cyclones are not uncommon over the Arabian Sea.
However, many of these storms rarely reach the coastal areas of Oman with tropical cyclone intensity and from historical data they very rarely inter the Gulf of Oman.
Prior to Gonu, the last significant tropical cyclone to affect Oman was in 1890, when a storm hit the Gulf of Oman coast and Muscat, killing 700 people.
Storm watch begins as cyclone heads towards Oman. As of Tuesday, October 29, Tropical Cyclone Kyarr is located in the Arabian Sea, about 980 km (606 mi) to Mumbai's west, 1020 km (633 mi) northeast of Salalah and 510 km (316 mi) southeast of Masirah in Oman.Kyarr is moving west-northwest, with wind speeds of 220 kph (136 mph), and has deepened into a Category 4 Tropical Storm.
By the evening of 24 September Hikaa had been downgraded to a tropical storm. It is a tropical cyclone weaker than a typhoon. Tropical cyclone Mekunu is forming in the Arabian Sea and is expected to make landfall along Oman's southern coast between Friday, May 25, and Saturday, May 26. It gradually intensified, passing east of Socotra on May 23 as a very intense tropical cyclone. Megh was the worst tropical cyclone ever to hit Socotra.
Tropical Cyclone Hikaa made landfall in Oman on 24 September, 2019, bringing strong winds, heavy rains and waves of 3 to 4 metres. IMAGE; NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview.
Dubai: Tropical cyclone Hikaa has made its way over the Arabian Sea and is expected to affect several areas of Oman’s coastline by Tuesday afternoon. On June 6[th] 2007, a tropical Cyclone Gonu striked the coastline of Oman.
On May 25, Mekunu reached its peak intensity.
The storm is currently intensifying due to warm sea temperatures and could reach hurricane strength by …
Tropical Cyclone Oma is pictured as the International Space Station orbited 256 miles above the Coral Sea off the coast of Queensland, Australia. Event. By the evening of 24 September Hikaa had been downgraded to a tropical storm. Tropical cyclone 'Hikaa' seems to be enjoying a supportive environment for sustenance even as the storm heads for a landfall to the South of Masirah, Oman, over the next few days. Tropical Cyclone Hikaa made landfall in Oman on 24 September, 2019, bringing strong winds, heavy rains and waves of 3 to 4 metres. Oman’s Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA) released a warning on Tropical Cyclone Hikaa at 11am (LST). IMAGE; NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. As of 11am (LST) on September …