Weather of Arabia: Several reasons make Hurricane Shaheen an exceptional event

Written By محمد عوينة on 2021/10/07

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

Weather of Arabia - The Sultanate of Oman is one of the Arab countries most exposed to cyclones and tropical storms, and the Sultanate of Oman, which is located in the southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, regularly receives the effects of tropical cyclones due to its coast extending along the Arabian Sea, and the Sultanate is also affected by tropical situations with the beginning of the month May is the beginning of the hurricane season in the Arabian Sea, which ends in December. The Sultanate was affected at the beginning of this week by Hurricane Shaheen, which was accompanied by several exceptional weather conditions.

 

Its extremely rare track

Hurricane Shaheen is an exceptional event for several reasons

In the details, the number of cyclones and tropical cases has increased in the Arabian Sea during the last decade and this is part of the climatic cycles experienced by the region. During the last decade, the Arabian Peninsula was affected by about 10 tropical cases distributed between a storm and a hurricane, the last of which was Tropical Cyclone Shaheen, whose story began in the Gulf of Bengal to cover a distance of about 3500 km to cast a shadow on the northern coast of the Sultanate of Oman, accompanied by large amounts of rain. Some meteorological stations recorded about 300 mm, to become at the forefront of global meteorological stations as the largest rain yield.

 

 

The entry of Tropical Cyclone Shaheen into the depths of the Sea of Oman is in itself a historical event, as the modern climate archive did not record a behavior similar to this cyclone, and it is believed that a similar path occurred in the year 1890 AD, which some historical books referred to.

 

It is worth noting that the tropical condition Shaheen has been given two designations by the Specialized Regional Center for Meteorology, based in New Delhi - India. Shaheen's name.

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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