Category 4 cyclone intensifies
Met Office says it will create rough seas in UAE’s eastern coast by tonight
Cyclone Kyarr has intensified into a Category 4 type tropical cyclone on the east of the Arabian Sea, the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) said yesterday.
In a statement, the NCM reported Cyclone Kyarr’s estimated wind speeds would reach between 220 and 230 km/h, accompanied by intense convective rainy clouds.
The centre expects the cyclone to continue moving west-northwestward with the possibility of developing into a Category 5 type cyclone, and estimated wind speeds reaching a maximum of 265 km/h over the next 24 hours. NCM said the cyclone may result in rough seas over the country’s east coast today, tomorrow and on Wednesday night.
Residents living on the eastern coast have been advised to take caution and pay attention to weather alerts issued by the NCM.
Cyclone Kyarr has tranformed into a category 4 tropical cyclone on the east of the Arabian Sea, the National Centre of Meteorology, NCM, said yesterday.
The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) yesterday afternoon alerted UAE residents that Tropical Cyclone Kyarr currently at latitude 17.2 degrees north and longitude 67.6 degrees east of the Arabian Sea is expected to move west northwest to the centre of the Arabian Sea.
The tropical cyclone will further intensify over the next 24 hours to category 5 with estimated wind speed of 255km/ hr to 265km/hr.
Residents over the eastern coast have been advised to take caution and pay attention to weather alerts issued by NCM as rough seas and storm surges in some areas during the period of high tide are expected tonight, tomorrow and Wednesday.
If it doesn’t change its course, Kyarr is expected to move towards the Arabian Peninsula later this week, hitting either Oman or Yemen.
Meanwhile, 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 yesterday.
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 October 26 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.