Environmental / Meteorological News Category 5, Tropical Cyclone Gonu
Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 4 June, 2007 : - - As of Monday morning, EDT, powerful Tropical Cyclone Gonu was centered near 20.1 north and 63.7 east; roughly 440 miles southeast of Muscat, Oman. Winds were sustained near 160 mph and movement was to the northwest at around 12 mph.
Gonu is expected to be near the northeastern tip of Oman late Wednesday (U. S. time). It should be somewhat weaker by then with maximum sustained winds down to 115 mph, but still equivalent to a category three hurricane. Maximum significant wave height at 041200Z is 40 feet.
After that, the cyclone is forecast to swirl northeastward along the northern coast of Oman and move into the Gulf of Oman as a tropical storm. While tropical storms have hit Oman in the past, they are rare, and there is no record of a hurricane-strength cyclone striking the country.
The last tropical storm to smack the nation was in June 1996.
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