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http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/iran_strait_of_hormu...
(from Stuart: There's past year storm tracks at The University of Hawaii (click on the North Indian years). Here's the most active past year I could find (1998):
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/Iran/Background.html
Chabahar and Bandar Abbas seem relevant.
Here's a map of the area:
(here's full size).
What else do we know about Chah Bahar?
What else do we know about the storm surge, etc.?
This is a report from 7:30 a.m. ET:
http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2007/06/05/afx3788190.html
Oman was evacuating its coastal areas, shipping is expected to be affected as far as the Straits of Hormudz.
That is not seen as favorable for the need to build worldwide gasoline inventories.
The rotation of the storm is counterclockwise.
As I write the leading edge of the storm was striking the SE tip of Oman. Check the location of the eye of the storm. In the past 24 hours hurricane force winds were measured as about 100 miles + across the diameter of the storm (Category 1 or higher)
Realtime or perhaps some delay: