Storm 'Tej' poses no threat to Pakistan's coast.

KARACHI -- Driven by a favourable environment over the past three days, a deep depression over the southwest Arabian Sea developed into a cyclonic storm and then turned into a severe cyclonic storm on SaturAdAAay evening, according to a Met department advisory.

Named Tej, the storm poses no threat to Pakistan's coast.

'The pre- and post-monsoon period is best suited for formation of cyclonic storms on account of favAourble conditions, which include an increase in sea surface temperature, low vertical wind shear and upper-level outflow,' chief meteorologist Dr Sardar Sarfaraz explained.

Unlike cyclonic storm Biparjoy that formed in the southeast Arabian Sea in June this year, Tej was formed far away in the southwest Arabian Sea, he...