Signs of the formation of the first tropical cyclone in the Arabian Sea are being monitored on this date.

2025-05-17 2025-05-17T08:26:23Z
هشام جمال
هشام جمال
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Arab Weather - The northern Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea, and the Bay of Bengal are still within the first season of tropical activity, known as the pre-monsoon season, which brings humid tropical winds that blow southwestward and then deflect northeast due to the Coriolis force. But are the weather conditions favorable for the formation of a tropical system during the remainder of the season?

Favorable weather conditions for the formation of a tropical system, and numerical models sense this.

Meteorologists at the Arab Weather Center believe that the scientific meteorological conditions for the formation of any tropical weather activity within the northern Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea, and the Bay of Bengal are favorable. Water surface temperatures exceed 30 degrees Celsius in several areas, and the monsoon winds are still dormant in terms of activity and intensity. Water surface temperature is the most important factor in the formation of tropical conditions, as it acts as the fuel that powers thunderstorms through a process called "energy release." In short, when warm, moist air rises toward a thunderstorm in the form of rising air currents, it cools and condenses. This means that it cools, or loses the thermal energy it had previously acquired. The loss of thermal energy provides the thunderstorm with additional convection currents necessary for its development until the atmospheric pressure drops and a complete tropical system is formed. This is called energy release.

Some computer simulation models have begun to anticipate the possibility of the first tropical storms in the Arabian Sea during the last third of May, but the timeframe is still relatively distant and under observation.

Periods of tropical cyclone activity in the Arabian Sea and the northern Indian Ocean

The period of tropical activity in the Arabian Sea and the northern Indian Ocean is divided into two periods according to the monsoon winds:

The first season is in May and June, and is called (pre-monsoon), meaning the season that precedes the activity of the monsoon winds in the Arabian Sea.

The second season is in October and November, and is called (Post-monsoon), meaning the season that follows the activity of the monsoon winds in the Arabian Sea.

This does not mean that there is no possibility of tropical activity during other times of the year, but the previous two periods are considered the peak of tropical activity in the Arabian Sea.

And God knows best.

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.
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