Akash and Gonu thread

[MiamiensisWx]

Well I can't give you a source, but the date on the bottom right hand corner says June 6, 2007.

I noticed the images on another site. Another poster stated that the images were taken within the Musqat (Muscat) area of Oman.

[HurricaneRobert]

These images are very dramatic:

http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Oman/10130416.html

Also, read the comments.

[JonathanBelles]

BREAKING NEWS
Rare Tropical Cyclone Churns in Arabian Sea

06.06.07

Tropical storms, such as Tropical Cyclone Gonu, are rarities for the Arabian Sea.


Image above: Tropical Cyclone Gonu churns off the coast of the Middle East and southern Asia. Image Credit: NASA's MODIS Rapid Response.

The formation of tropical cyclones in the Arabian Sea is rare, but as Tropical Cyclone Gonu is proving, just because these storms are rare doesn't mean that they can't be powerful.

This image of Cyclone Gonu, as it churned in the northern Indian Ocean basin, was captured on June 4, 2007 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite. Oman is to the left of the storm, and Iran and Pakistan are to its north.

By June 5, 2007, the intense storm had reached a dangerous Category 4 status, with sustained winds measuring 155 miles per hour, according to the University of Hawaii's Tropical Storm Information Center.

Gonu is the strongest storm to hit the Arabian Peninsula since record keeping began more than 60 years ago, according to news reports.


http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookin ... /gonu.html

[DrewFL]

That photo posted earlier is not from Gonu!
That is from flash flooding in Oman in December, 2006. The Qurum Flood.

[MiamiensisWx]

That photo posted earlier is not from Gonu!
That is from flash flooding in Oman in December, 2006. The Qurum Flood.

Thanks for the clarification. Since the other photos were related to Gonu, I thought the other image (posted on a separate board) was indirectly associated with Gonu. In addition, I recall that a poster mislabled the image and described it as flooding from Gonu in Musqat. Once again, I apologize for my mistake.

[Chacor]

TROPICAL STORM “GONU” ADVISORY NO. THIRTY-SEVEN AT 0000 UTC OF 7TH JUNE 2007 BASED ON 2100 UTC CHARTS OF 6TH JUNE 2007. THE VERY SEVERE CYCLONIC STORM “GONU” WEAKENED FURTHER INTO A SEVERE CYCLONIC STORM AND MOVED SLIGHTLY NORTHWARD AND LAY CENTRED AT 2100 UTC OF 06TH JUNE NEAR LAT. 25.00N AND LONG. 59.00 E .

CURRENT INTENSITY IS T3.5 RPT T3.5. SATELLITE IMAGERIES SHOW INTENSE TO VERY INTENSE CONVECTION. ESTIMATED CENTRAL PRESSURE 984HPA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE WIND SPEED 55 KTS GUSTING 65 KTS.

FORECAST: THE SYSTEM IS LIKELY TO WEAKEN FURTHER AND MOVE IN A NORTH-NORTH WESTERLY DIRECTION AND CROSS THE MAKRAN COAST NEAR LONG. 58.5° E AROUND 0400 UTC OF TOMORROW, 7TH JUNE 2007. 24 HOURS FORECAST INTENSITY IS T2.5 RPT T2.5. SEA CONDITION WILL BE HIGH TO VERY HIGH.

[DrewFL]

That photo posted earlier is not from Gonu!
That is from flash flooding in Oman in December, 2006. The Qurum Flood.

Thanks for the clarification. Since the other photos were related to Gonu, I thought the other image (posted on a separate board) was indirectly associated with Gonu. In addition, I recall that a poster mislabled the image and described it as flooding from Gonu in Musqat. Once again, I apologize for my mistake.

No problem......there appears to be several photos from that particular flash flood circulating with altered date stamps to make them appear to be involved with Gonu. I was able to track the properties of one back to the source.

[Chacor]

Gary Padgett has just emailed with a follow-up to an earlier email, and this is interesting:

According to Dr. O.P. Singh at the IMD,
The IMD's winds given in their bulletins, when derived from Dvorak ratings, are in the original 1-minute form, not 10-minute. 10-minute winds are only for synoptic obs recorded by automated instruments.

[DrewFL]

Gary Padgett has just emailed with a follow-up to an earlier email, and this is interesting:

According to Dr. O.P. Singh at the IMD,
The IMD's winds given in their bulletins, when derived from Dvorak ratings, are in the original 1-minute form, not 10-minute. 10-minute winds are only for synoptic obs recorded by automated instruments.

Interesting for sure. Thanks for the info and your efforts.

[Category 5]

Looks like it's making landfall?

[Coredesat]

Yep, the center's just off the coast, though there isn't a whole lot left of it. It's on the fast track to remnant low-ville.

[Category 5]

I think we can change the thread title, I don't think it qualifies as a "Severe Cyclonic Storm" anymore.

[Coredesat]

The IMD agrees:

TROPICAL STORM “GONU” ADVISORY NO. THIRTY-EIGHT AT 0200 UTC OF 7TH JUNE 2007 BASED ON 0000 UTC CHARTS OF 7TH JUNE 2007.

THE SEVERE CYCLONIC STORM “GONU” WEAKENED RAPIDLY INTO A CYCLONIC STORM AND MOVED SLIGHTLY NORTHWESTWARD AND LAY CENTRED AT 0000 UTC OF 07TH JUNE, NEAR LAT. 25.00N AND LONG. 58.50 E CLOSE TO THE MAKRAN COAST.

CURRENT INTENSITY IS T3.0 RPT T3.0. SATELLITE IMAGERIES SHOW INTENSE TO VERY INTENSE CONVECTION. ESTIMATED CENTRAL PRESSURE 988HPA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE WIND SPEED 45 KTS GUSTING 55 KTS.

FORECAST: THE SYSTEM IS LIKELY TO WEAKEN FURTHER AND CROSS THE COAST NEAR LONG. 58.50 E AROUND 0300 UTC OF TODAY, 7TH JUNE 2007. 24 HOURS FORECAST INTENSITY IS T2.0 RPT T2.0. SEA CONDITION WILL BE HIGH.

[RattleMan]

TROPICAL STORM “GONU” ADVISORY NO. THIRTY-NINE AT 0600 UTC OF 7TH JUNE 2007. THE CYCLONIC STORM “GONU” CROSSED THE MAKRAN COAST, NEAR LONGITUDE 580 E BETWEEN 0300 AND 0400 UTC OF 7TH JUNE 2007.

SINCE THE SYSTEM HAS CROSSED THE COAST, NO MORE BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED FOR THIS SYSTEM.

[P.K.]

Gary Padgett has just emailed with a follow-up to an earlier email, and this is interesting:

According to Dr. O.P. Singh at the IMD,
The IMD's winds given in their bulletins, when derived from Dvorak ratings, are in the original 1-minute form, not 10-minute. 10-minute winds are only for synoptic obs recorded by automated instruments.

I find this rather odd. They were matching up with the aviation advisories earlier. The op manual states it is a ten min mean wind as well.

http://severe.worldweather.wmo.int/tc/in/acronyms.html#AWS

[Chacor]

Impressive remnant:

[HURAKAN]

Everything about this storm has been impressive.

[P.K.]

There have been 12 deaths in Oman as a result of Gonu.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6729371.stm

[artist]

Oman

They are saying that at least 15 killed from Gonu


Published: 07/06/2007 12:00 AM

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Cyclone Gonu kills 15
Agencies

story with more pics at this link
http://archive.gulfnews.com/region/Oman/10130666.html

[curtadams]

The scary part is: still silence from Eastern Oman. There's been no news from Sur, in particular, which is right on the beach and which got it much worse than the Muscat area, which is where the pictures we've seen so far come from.