May 30, 2010 A tropical depression has formed in the Arabian Sea and is being monitored for potential tropical development. May 29, 2010: There is an increased confidence that a tropical storm might form in the Arabian Sea during the next 5 days. More details later May 28, 2010 There are hints from at least a couple of models (GFS and ECMWF) that the Arabian Sea might produce a tropical storm or even a cyclone in southeast Arabian Sea! The storm is shown to move northwest. A majority of the models seemed to suggest that the system could be declared a [ Read More ]
Archive for May, 2010
The Arabian Sea usually produces a few tropical storms or even cyclones (mainly in May/June/Oct/Nov). The image below shows tropical storms tracks from 1891 to 2007 produced by the Indian Meteorological Dept (IMD). It is very clear that among the Gulf countries, Oman and Yemen are at higher risk of getting hit by tropical storms or cyclones every year. While the Arabian Sea produces storms annually, Oman and Yemen are not affected every year. Even when they are affected, usually the storms are not severe (tropical storms or depression with winds below 119 Km/hr) and don’t reach cyclone status (winds above 119 Km/hr). [ Read More ]
Update: May 25, 2010 Tropical Storm Bandu has subsided and faded away after entering the Gulf of Aden. Most of the rain fell mainly offshore. Some heavy rain fell over Yemen. However, Yemen escaped the worst of the storm even though damages to some villages were reported to be severe. Nevertheless, Tropical Storm Bandu did take somehow an unusual track by entering tge Gulf of Aden as very few storms did so. Are Arabian Sea Tropical storms/cyclones becoming more invasive after entering Gulf of Aden and the Gulf of Oman in 2007!? _____________ A tropical cyclone (named Bandu) has been [ Read More ]
