Last data converge towards a further intensification of this system. MEKUNU is evolving under favorable environmental conditions (sea surface temperature between 29 and 31 ° C, weak to moderate vertical shear and good altitude divergence). The recent images show an improving satellite signature, with now an eye formation in center of the storm.

MEKUNU satellite imagery 2018 05 23 at 0330utc ©EUMETSAT
The RSMC continues to suggest that the system strengthens and reaches the very severe cyclonic storm stage (hurricane stage) in the next 24 hours. Landfall over Arabian Peninsula Saturday morning near Salalah (Oman) is currently envisaged, although there is still uncertainty with the final track forecast.
For now, a direct impact on both the southern coast of Oman or the southeast coast of Yemen is again possible.
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