KEILA

The deep depression over west central Arabian Sea moved westward, intensified into a cyclonic storm KEILA Cyclone.It lay centered [IMD VERDICT] at 0830 hrs IST of today, the 2^nd November 2011 over westcentral Arabian Sea near latitude 16.0⁰N and longitude 55.0⁰E, about 2150 km west-northwest of Mangalore (Karnataka), 400 km north-northeast of Socotra Island (Yemen) and 150 km southeast of Salalah (Oman). The system is likely to move westwards and cross south Oman and adjoining Yemen coast to south of Salalah around evening/night of 3^rd November 2011.

1. This was expected to hit SINDTH at Pakistan.  Due to the strong prevailing wind conditions from EAST  
2. Later it was thought to take recurvature