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The most extreme weather events in Oman are tropical storms that form in the Arabian Sea. Following is the list of tropical storms that affected Oman, including Muscat, during the 21st century. In 2002, a cyclonic storm hit the Dhofar region of Oman. In 2007, a category 5 Cyclone Gonu caused squally winds and rains to the city of Muscat. [7]
Salalah is the third-largest city in the Sultanate of Oman, and the largest city in the Dhofar province. Salalah is the birthplace of former Omani Sultan Qaboos bin Said [2]. Salalah attracts many tourists from other parts of Oman and from abroad during the monsoon/khareef season, from June to September.
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During the khareef, the Dhofar Mountains around Salalah and Al-Hawf are rainsoaked and shrouded in fog. Khareef (Arabic: خَرِيْف, romanized: Kharīf, autumn) is a colloquial Arabic term used in Oman, southeastern Yemen, southwestern Saudi Arabia and Sudan for the southeastern monsoon.
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Gusts of 67 mph (108 km/h) were recorded at the Salalah Airport before the landfall while areas in the Salalah recorded rainfall of 194 mm (7.6 in). [35] As of 31 May, at least 30 people have died in Oman and Yemen due to Mekunu, including 20 on Socotra , four in Yemen , [ 36 ] and six in Oman . [ 37 ]
On average, storms strike Oman once every three years, mostly between Masirah Island and Salalah, and usually before the June or after October. [3] [8] From 1943 to 1967, tropical cyclones accounted for about 25% of Salalah's overall rainfall. [9] About once every five years, a storm affects the Dhofar region of southern Oman. [3]
The idea that changes in insolation caused by shifts in the Earth's orbital parameters are a controlling factor for the long-term variations in the strength of monsoon patterns across the globe was first suggested by Rudolf Spitaler in the late nineteenth century, [5] The hypothesis was later formally proposed and tested by the meteorologist John Kutzbach in 1981. [6]