Arabian Sea | For the second day in a row... thunderclouds renew on a large scale in the middle and east of the Arabian Sea. Will they affect the Sultanate of Oman?

Sinan Khalaf - The weather forecast team at the Arabian Regional Weather Center is monitoring what satellite images monitor of renewed activity of cumulonimbus thunderstorm clouds in the eastern and central parts of the Arabian Sea and their potential impact on the Sultanate during the coming hours and days.

Latest developments in thunderclouds in the Arabian Sea

In detail, satellite images are currently monitoring atmospheric turbulence in the form of high-rise rainy thunderstorm clouds currently stationed east and central of the Arabian Sea, accompanied by large amounts of rain. What the images show is the cloud mass gradually moving towards the west, which has raised questions about the possibility of its impact on the Sultanate. Oman and the southern Arabian Peninsula.

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Will rain clouds reach the coasts of the Sultanate and the southern Arabian Peninsula?

Despite the strength and density of the cumulonimbus thunderstorm clouds currently stationed in the middle and east of the Arabian Sea, the weather factors surrounding these clouds will limit their development as they move west towards the coast of the Sultanate of Oman. The most important of these factors are the strong monsoon winds that blow from the west and work to repel the advance of the clouds, disperse them and prevent Its growth is vertical, but it is not ruled out that the remnants of clouds will reach the Sultanate of Oman and may be accompanied by some rain on the coasts. It is also not ruled out that quantities of cumulus clouds will form on the Hajar mountain range and the Rub’ al-Khali desert, accompanied by some thunderstorms, and God knows best.