Tropical Cyclone warning for Oman

[ManaAdaSystem]

http://www.imd.ernet.in/section/satmet/img/cyclone.jpg
Some rather severe and unusual weather heading for the coast of Oman.

[Panama Jack]

Was looking at that thing on the Prog Chart today.

TROPICAL STORM “GONU” ADVISORY NO. NINETEEN ISSUED AT 1700 UTC OF 4TH JUNE, 2007 BASED ON 1500 UTC CHARTS OF 4TH JUNE 2007. THE VERY SEVERE CYCLONIC STORM “GONU” INTENSIFIED INTO A SUPER CYCLONIC STORM AND LAY CENTRED AT 1500 UTC OF TODAY, THE 4TH JUNE 2007 OVER NORTHWEST ARABIAN SEA AND ADJOINING CENTRAL AND NORTH EAST ARABIAN SEA NEAR LAT. 20.00N AND LONG 64.00E, ABOUT 600 KMS SOUTHWEST OF DWARKA (42731).


CURRENT INTENSITY T6.5 RPT T6.5 SATELLITE IMAGERIES SHOW VISIBLE “EYE” WITH SOLID INTENSE TO VERY INTENSE CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM. ESTIMATED CENTRAL PRESSURE 920 HPA. MAXIMUM SURFACE SUSTAINED WIND SPEED 130 KTS GUSTING 160KTS.

FORECAST: THE SYSTEM IS LIKELY TO MOVE IN A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION AND CROSS THE COAST OF OMAN BY FORENOON OF 6TH JUNE 2007. 24 HOURS FORECAST INTENSITY IS T6.5 RPT T6.5. SEA CONDITION WILL BE PHENOMENAL.

[priceless]

i hope we get any update about it

[Sheikh Your Bootie]

Might get a tad wet in the Emirates is my guess, gonna be fun

SyB

[Fox3snapshot]

Was camping in Wahiba sands a good few years back with the folks when one came nearby off SUR, needless to say half of Wahiba Sands came back with us in the Tojo (Toyota for none Ozzy and Kiwi's ).

Whilst not a regular phenomena, they do during summer get up that way as they bust out of the Sub-Continent monsoon, which is typically caught in the south of Oman Salalah way annually and known locally as the Khareef (spelling not assured!).

Batten down the hatches, global warming is on the way

P.S If you can get to Salalah during the Khareef it is a must do if you live in this region, Oman Air and Jazeera doing packages there...get amongst it

[4PW's]

Sounds fantastic.

Think of the swell that's been hitting the beach these last few days as the cyclone approaches.

Shame I'm not there right now.

May there be many more of them, bigger even.

[Farrell]

Getting a bit windy here in MCT at the moment although no panic yet. A few of the crew here have gone off to evacuate family from Massirah - anything for a day off!

The Antonov 125 looks nice on the ramp today. Have to see if I can get a closer look at it.

I'm selling umbrellas for only 10 rials - a steal at that price! Right.....I'm off to dig in at the InterCon!

[ThreadBaron]

The Antonov 125 looks nice on the ramp today. Have to see if I can get a closer look at it.

Stay where you are Farrell, it might come bowling past your window tomorrow ... that is if you can get to work with the highway flooded at every wadi crossing!!!

I'm selling umbrellas for only 10 rials

Cut your prices, mate. Gusting at 130kmh is going to ensure they are not in location for long.

Sammi tells me that they have batteries for the torch ... all well and good until the wadi overflows and starts knocking at the garden wall!

[boeingcrap]

There was a GF B767 (GU) that went tech and was sitting outside the hangar yesterday; hope it doesn't get blown away like the rest of the airline. C'mon Naef and Dose; get that task force in to salvage what's left of your fleet.

[CI100]

Gulf Air 767 GU

that 767 departed MCT for India and 1 hour into the flight lost an engine and came back.....they are all falling appart. Lets hope they do that while on the ground.

May God bless Gulf Air.

[Mr Mugabe]

Landfall

Click HERE then click ICAO AREA D

Use the loop function and see how it has dissipitated as it hit land....

[Ray Darr]

.....they are all falling appart.(sic)

...Can you say "spell-check"??

Lets hope they do that while on the ground. May God bless Gulf Air.

Look, pal / habibbi / sh!thead... Maybe I'm no longer working with Gulf Air but your weekend-reporter remark needs challenging. ANY aircraft can break. Remember BA operated one of their 747's LAX-LHR via MAN on three engines for part of the flight recently? Remember a JetBlue's A320 had some minor nose-gear issues at LAX recently? Remember Saudi had a 747 ditch-digger in KUL? A Bolivian 727 settled over on one wing as one of the MLG collapsed while taxiing at Buenos Aires... NEED MORE???

Gulf Air, Ryan Air, Mr. Patel's Air.... THINGS HAPPEN! Don't go all Student-Pilot over things going on. They are just as safe as the next place.

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Meanwhile, I bet there is one hell of a crew party going on in MCT tonight! HANG ON, FOLKS!

[Fox3snapshot]

Yipes!

Looks a bit grim on the satellite pix, seems to be intensifying, heading NNE towards Gwadar...they could do with a bit of rain

[Yossarian]

I see the TAF for Muscat has gone from this earlier today

OOMS 051212 10015G25KT 8000 SCT025 BKN250
BECMG 1416 09045G55KT 5000 RA BKN025 OVC100
PROB30 BECMG 1820 1000 +TSSHRA BKN025CB OVC030

to this,

OOMS 051600Z 051818 04010G20KT 9000 SCT025 FEW035CB
PROB30 TEMPO 0204 5000 -TSSH

[ManaAdaSystem]

Most, if not all night departures from Muscat to the Sub Continent have been cancelled.

Apparently they are flying all aircraft out of Muscat until the situation gets better.

http://www.omanairports.com/liveflig....asp?ty=dep#tt

[Yossarian]

Latest Muscat

OOMS 061000Z 061212 35035G65KT 0400 +TSSHRA FEW010 BKN018 FEW030CB OVC090

Hope you are holding on to those brollies Farrell.

[Panama Jack]

Some links to pics and videos:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/6725655.stm

http://www.reuters.com/news/video?vi...videoChannel=1

[gtaflyer]

flights to/from MCT

I noticed on aims there were no flights to from MCT today ? is it because of the bad weather in the area or is GF finally winding down operations from MCT as a result of separating from oman ?

[blueskyb777]

hello there, it is the weather for sure. it is tropical storm after all.

[Quokka]

Any reductions in service from ATC? Did everyone make it to work on time...