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Government of Sultanate of Oman Ministry of Transport and Communications Directorate General of Meteorology and Air Navigation National Report To Panel on Tropical Cyclones in the Bay of Bengal And Arabian Sea 39th Session, Nay Pye Taw, Myanmar 5th to 9th February, 2012 Directorate General of Meteorology and Air Navigation Muscat, Sultanate of Oman Annual Report on Activities in Meteorology In the Sultanate of Oman During the year 2011 Review of the 2011 Cyclone Season Meteorological Events Cyclones There are two main seasons for tropical cyclone formation in the Arabian Sea. The 1st season is the Pre-monsoon season during May and June. The 2nd season is the post-monsoon season during October and November. There were no significant tropical disturbances to affect Oman in the first tropical cyclone season last year. However, Oman was affected by a series of three tropical systems within one month time in the second season as explained below. Consequently, the Main Forecasting Center in cooperation with National Committee for Civil Defense NCCD has issued a series of warnings to the public and fishermen. 1.2 Tropical storm ‘KEILA’ (29 October- 04 November, 2011) This system started as a cluster of thunderstorms associated with the ITCZ south east of the Arabian Sea in the last week of October. It gradually organized into a low pressure area on 27th of October. The low gained more intensity as it moved westward and was classified as a deep depression on October 29th. For a short while between 03-18 UTC on November 2nd, the classification was upgraded to a cyclonic storm by RSMS with 35 Kt estimated surface wind speed. However, Oman Met center kept the classification as a deep depression in accordance with available weather observations close to the center of the system. The system made landfall north of Salalah on November 2nd before weakening gradually. The highest surface wind speed recorded in Salalah ( very close to where Keila m