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June 6, 2007 – Cyclone Gonu made landfall in extreme eastern Oman near Ras al Hadd with winds of 150 km/h (90 mph), [7] [76] making it the strongest tropical cyclone on record to strike the Arabian Peninsula. [12] The storm produced winds of 100 km/h (62 mph) in the capital Muscat, [13] with a peak gust of 180 km/h (110 mph) at Qalhat.
A shamal (Arabic: شمال, 'north') is a northwesterly wind blowing over Iraq and the Persian Gulf states (including Saudi Arabia and Kuwait), often strong during the day, but decreasing at night. [1] This weather effect occurs from once to several times a year, mostly in summer, but sometimes in winter. [1]
Harmattan, a dry wind that blows from the northeast, bringing dust from the Sahara south toward the Gulf of Guinea. Khamsin (khamaseen in Egypt) and similar winds named Haboob in the Sudan, Aajej in southern Morocco, Ghibli in Libya and Tunisia, Harmattan in the western Maghreb, Sirocco, a south wind from the Sahara and Simoom in the Arabian ...
The Oman Department of Meteorology reported the storm as being much stronger than the JTWC, with sustained winds of 105 mph (169 km/h) and gusts to 230 km/h (140 mph). [4] The cyclone was the strongest on record to make landfall on the Arabian Peninsula , until Cyclone Gonu surpassed it in 2007.
The JTWC estimated peak 1-minute sustained winds of 270 km/h (170 mph), the highest 1-minute sustained winds of any cyclone in the North Indian Ocean until Cyclone Fani 12 years later. [16] On June 6, Gonu made landfall in extreme eastern Oman with winds of 150 km/h (95 mph), [ 2 ] making it the strongest tropical cyclone on record to strike ...
A gust of 114 mph (135 km/hr) recorded at Mace Head on Ireland’s western shores early Friday morning – as strong as a Category 3 hurricane – set the national record for the highest wind gust ...
AccuWeather expert meteorologists say that 100- to 120-mph wind gusts are possible along the Gulf coast through Thursday. The AccuWeather Local StormMax™ is 130 mph. Wind gusts of this magnitude ...
Thanks in part to unusually warm seawater in the Gulf of Mexico, Francine could even undergo what meteorologists call "rapid intensification." 100 mph wind gusts? Francine could get that strong ...