Cyclonic Storm fayan (IMD Designation:ARB 03 JTWC Designation:04A) developed as a tropical disturbance to the southwest of Colombo in Sri Lanka on November 4, 2009. Over the next couple of days the disturbance gradually developed before weakening as it made landfall on Southern India on November 7. After the disturbance emerged into the Arabian Sea it rapidly became more marked with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) reporting early on November 9 that the disturbance had intensifed into a Depression and designated it as Depression ARB 03 whilst the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert. Later that day the JTWC designated the system as Cyclone 04A. During the next day as the Depression turned towards the northeast the IMD reported that it had intensifed into a Cyclonic Storm and named it as fayan.
