Weather India

A low-pressure area is likely to be formed over the South-East Arabian Sea in the first week of June. The Extended Range Outlook of RSMC said that the likelihood of MJO ’s further eastward propagation into phase-2 as well as the probable strengthening of cross equatorial south-westerlies, it is likely that a low-pressure area may form over southeast Arabian Sea towards the end of the week May 29-June4. Meanwhile, a tweet by Jason Nicholls, Senior Meteorologist at AccuWeather, said that MJO pulse approaching the Indian Ocean can lead a low and perhaps a cyclonic storm spinning up over the Arabian Sea near Lakshadweep in early June. The tweet said that the exact track of low is unclear so areas from Gujarat and coastal Pakistan to Oman will need to monitor. Even the cyclonic strike probability of ECMWF also predicts a tropical cyclonic activity during the above-said period.        

The name Arnab may sound familiar to the Indian television viewers. Lulu is a known for the chain of supermarkets in India and abroad. These are some of the 169 names proposed for tropical cyclones over Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea. The WMO/ESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones (PTC) has come out with a list of 169 names for tropical cyclones over the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. Each of the 13 members of PTC has contributed 13 names each to the list.   There is a strict procedure to determine a list of tropical cyclone names in an ocean basin(s) by the Tropical Cyclone Regional Body responsible for that basin(s) at its annual/biennial meeting. India, which is one of the 13 members of the panel, has contributed names such as Gati, Tej, Murasu, Aag, Vyom, Jhar, Probaho, Neer, Prabhanjan, Ghurni, Ambud, Jaladhi and Vega to the list. However, the name Arnab (pronounced as Ornab) has been proposed by the other member of the panel Bangladesh. The name Lulu has been contrib...