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Cyclone Kyarr Will Bring Rough Surf To Oman
October 28, 2019 at 11:13 PM EDT
By Mariam M. Al Serkal, Web Chief Reporter, Gulf News
-- India: Storm Kyarr likely to intensify into 'very severe' cyclone Dubai: The Directorate General of Meteorology in Oman has issued an alert over 3-5 metre waves expected to hit the shoreline in the next few days.
The high waves are expected to affect the eastern and central regions of the country, including the Dhofar Governorate, which will coincide with Tropical Cyclone Kyarr that was upgraded to a category 4 on Sunday.
The high waves are expected to affect the eastern and central regions of the country, including the Dhofar Governorate, which will coincide with Tropical Cyclone Kyarr that was upgraded to a category 4 on Sunday.
In its latest update, the Met Office in Oman said the cyclone was around 1,140 km away from Ras Madrakah Beach in Duqm, a coastal town in the Al Wusta Governorate in the central-eastern part of the country.
“Sea conditions across the coasts of South Al Sharqiyah, Al Wusta and Dhofar will be moderate to rough with maximum wave heights ranging between two and three metres, with chances of seawater inundation over low-level coastal areas starting from Saturday afternoon,” said the National Multi Hazard Early Warning Centre at the Directorate General of Meteorology in Oman.
“The National Multi Hazard Early Warning Centre's analysis indicates that the tropical cyclone Kyarr over eastern parts of the Arabian Sea near the coast of India on 26 October is located at longitude 70 degrees east and latitude 16.5 degrees north,” said the Public Authority for Civil Aviation’s Directorate General of Meteorology.
“The tropical cyclone is about 350km away from the Indian coast and about 1,350km from the closest point of the Sultanate’s coast, Ras Madrakah.”
According to the National Centre of Meteorology, the cyclone is moving at an extimated wind speed of 220-230 km/h, and is not expected to have a direct impact on the UAE.
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“The National Multi Hazard Early Warning Centre's analysis indicates that the tropical cyclone Kyarr over eastern parts of the Arabian Sea near the coast of India on 26 October is located at longitude 70 degrees east and latitude 16.5 degrees north,” said the Public Authority for Civil Aviation’s Directorate General of Meteorology.
“The tropical cyclone is about 350km away from the Indian coast and about 1,350km from the closest point of the Sultanate’s coast, Ras Madrakah.”
According to the National Centre of Meteorology, the cyclone is moving at an extimated wind speed of 220-230 km/h, and is not expected to have a direct impact on the UAE.
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Story Image: Cyclone Kyarr moving towards the Arabian Sea. Image Credit: Twitter/ Courtesy: @OmanMeteorology)
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Story Image: Cyclone Kyarr moving towards the Arabian Sea. Image Credit: Twitter/ Courtesy: @OmanMeteorology)