Muscat: The deep tropical depression that is currently located in the northeast of the Arabian Sea deepened into a tropical storm called (Shaheen), where the wind speed ranges around the center (34-63 knots) and moves northwest along the Pakistani coast.
According to the Oman Met office, the tropical depression is moving towards the west-northwest along the coastal areas of India and Pakistan. The clouds have already formed over northern parts of the Sultanate already but these clouds will not result in rain.
“The medium and high clouds are due to advection will not bring in the rain due to the tropical depression and this is an indirect impact. The only rain we have now is from Al Hajar local cloud development at midday,” said the Met Office weather forecaster.
In the next 48 hours the weather experts at the Directorate General of Meteorology, Civil Aviation Authority do not expect any direct impact over the Sultanate of Oman.
After 48 hours the weather expert said the analysis fluctuates with varying possibilities.
“The main possibility is that it will cross the coastal areas of India and Pakistan and diminish while over Oman Sea. There is a possibility for it to reach the northern governorates of Oman that could bring in some rain, but we can only confirm that after 48 hours,” said the weather forecaster.
The National Multi-Hazard Early Warning Center weather analysis indicated that the tropical depression observed in the northeast of the Arabian Sea on Thursday was located at longitude 68.2E and latitude 22.3 N.
Sea state is expected to be moderate to rough 1.5 to 3.0 magnitudes along Oman Sea starting October 1st.
* Tropical situation updates in the northeast of the Arabian Sea:
– Tropical Storm (Shaheen) is concentrated in the northeast of the Arabian Sea, and its center is about 590 km from the nearest point from the coast of the Sultanate (Ras Al Hadd) #Arabian_sea #Arabian_sea pic.twitter.com/JKxrDWEwxG
– Oman Meteorology (@OmanMeteorology) October 1, 2021
