Cyclone Tej moves towards northwestward. For the past few days, an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm (ESCS) by the name of “Tej” has been brewing in the southwest Arabian Sea. Tej is now moving steadily northwestward towards the coast of the Arabian Peninsula.
Cyclone Tej has been moving northwest over the last 12 hours, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), and is currently “centred around latitude 14.4 N & longitude 53.2 °E.”
The update, which was released today (Monday) at 10:00am (PST), also stated that the developing cyclone is located “about 300km southwest of Salalah (Oman), 220km southeast of Al Ghaydah (Yemen), and 1520km southwest of Gwadar (Pakistan)”.
Furthermore, the cyclone’s top sustained surface winds range from 150 to 160 km/h, with gusts as high as 180 km/h.
Moreover, sea conditions are currently very high, with maximum wave heights of 35ft around the system centre, according to the Met Office.
The system is expected to continue moving in a northwest direction and is likely to cross the Yemen coast, near Al Ghaydah by midnight as a very severe cyclonic storm (VSCS) with winds packing speeds of 120-130km/h and gusts reaching 150km/h.
As Cyclone Tej moves towards northwestward, however, it is important to note that there will be no impact on any of Pakistan’s coastal areas from this system.
According to PMD’s Daily Forecast, the weather is expected to remain dry for the next few days in most districts of Sindh, one of the coastal provinces of Pakistan.
While some areas of Balochistan are likely to experience today’s strong winds and thundershowers, the next few days are predicted to be dry.
