5 important cyclones were active in the Arabian Sea during the past few days in October

Arabia Weather - Sinan Khalaf - The weather forecast team at the “Arab Regional Weather Center” monitors around the clock the latest developments and developments in the weather systems in the Arabian Sea in its second active season, which lasts from the beginning of October until the end of November, and with increasing indications that tropical conditions are beginning to form. In the Arabian Sea in the coming days, our memory will take us back to a number of tropical conditions that affected the southern sector of the Arabian Peninsula during the month of October, the most prominent of which were:

1- Hurricane Shaheen

The journey of this tropical state began on September 25, 2021, when a tropical storm formed, centered in the Bay of Bengal region, and pushed west towards the Gulf of Gujarat in the form of a tropical depression, carrying with it heavy rains and strong winds, to later descend into the Arabian Sea and gradually develop into a storm. A tropical cyclone that was centered in the Sea of Oman and was named “Shaheen”.

Cyclone Shaheen began moving along the coast of the Sultanate overlooking the Sea of Oman, accompanied by very heavy rains in parts of Muscat, South and North Batinah, which led to the formation of torrents and floods in some areas, in addition to the sea waves rising and submerging some coastal areas.

The center of Hurricane Shaheen completed its crossing of the Omani coast on Sunday night at 21:45 local time, coinciding with its retreat into a tropical storm, bringing with it large amounts of rain and accompanied by strong gusts of wind over many of the northern governorates of the Sultanate, making Hurricane Shaheen the Suwaiq station at the forefront. International weather monitoring stations recorded the largest rainfall total of about 306 mm.

2- Cyclone Kyarr

It is a tropical cyclone that formed in the Arabian Sea and began developing on October 24, 2019 AD. It was able to develop until it reached the fourth category in terms of strength. Cyclone Kyarr moved towards the west and northwest, approaching the coasts of Masirah Island of the Sultanate of Oman, and then moved in a southwesterly direction along the coasts. The southeastern Sultanate of Oman, specifically off the coasts of the Al Wusta and Dhofar Governorates. The hurricane did not have any direct effects on the southern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula in Oman, the Emirates, and Yemen.

3- Hurricane Chapala

Cyclone Chapala is considered one of the strongest cyclones in the Arabian Sea in the history of modern climate records. It struck the coast of Yemen overlooking the Arabian Sea at the end of October 2015 with great force, accompanied by strong winds and a large rise in waves that flooded the coastal areas, in addition to large amounts of precipitation. From the rain that caused floods and torrential rains.

The Regional Specialized Meteorological Center, headquartered in New Delhi, has named Chapala, a name proposed by Bangladesh, as these names fall within the scope of the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal listed according to the World Organization.

Tropical Storm Chapala developed rapidly after its penetration into the waters of the Arabian Sea, the high temperature of which fueled its development until it reached the fourth category in terms of strength, accompanied by strong winds reaching 215 kilometers per hour, heading towards the Saihut area in the Yemeni Al-Mahra Governorate, but it changed... Its path is to the southwest suddenly and unexpectedly.

On November 1, Hurricane Chapala passed adjacent to Socotra Island, and it was then a category three hurricane, accompanied by strong wind gusts exceeding 150 km/hour, very heavy rains, and sea levels rising and waves exceeding 10 meters in some areas. It continued to move towards the Gulf of Aden, entering it. On November 2, it became the strongest tropical cyclone on record in that region.

The eye of Hurricane Chapala crossed the coast of Mukalla at five o'clock in the morning on Tuesday, November 3, with wind speeds reaching 120 km/hour, and sea waves flooded the city, and it continued its path westward, turning into a tropical depression, passing through the Balhaf area separating the governorates of Shabwa and Hadhramaut, and the hurricane dissipated on Tuesday afternoon, November 3. November, causing a wave of heavy rains and floods in those areas.

4- Hurricane Laban

Tropical Storm Laban developed into a first-class hurricane during its position southwest of the Arabian Sea, and the hurricane moved west-northwest toward the coast of Dhofar Governorate, carrying heavy rains, while Hurricane Laban directly affected the right-wing governorate of Al-Mahra, causing a wide wave of floods. .

5- Cyclone Nilofar

An area of low air pressure formed in the middle of the Arabian Sea, moving to its north, on the twenty-sixth of October 2014, and witnessed the remarkable development of a tropical storm, so that the Specialized Regional Meteorological Center, headquartered in New Delhi, named it Nilofer, a name proposed by Pakistan, where these names fall. Within the scope of the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, scheduled according to the international organization.

The tropical system continued to develop until it became a hurricane coinciding with its movement in a northwesterly direction towards the coast of the Sultanate, reaching its peak in the early morning hours of Tuesday 10/28/2014, so that a significant increase in its strength was observed at that time, and the appearance and expansion of the eye of the hurricane was remarkable and large. It reached the fourth degree within a few hours above the surface of the warm waters of the Arabian Sea, which exceeded 31 degrees Celsius, as these weather conditions provided a fertile environment for the development of the Nilofer tropical state.

As Cyclone Nilofer moved along the coast of the Sultanate, it was accompanied by indirect effects represented by rain of varying intensity, high-speed winds, and a large increase in sea waves on the coastal areas. Shortly thereafter, it gradually deviates to the northeastern direction towards the Indian coast, coinciding with its gradual decline in strength, fading away on October 31 above. Gulf of Gujarat.