Tropical Depression Bella (1967)
Tropical Depression Bella peaked at unknown kt in the South Indian between December 3, 1966 and December 5, 1966.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Depression Bella, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1967 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- South Indian
- Dates
- December 3, 1966 to December 5, 1966
- Peak strength
- Tropical Depression
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 761 km (473 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.0
- Identifier
- 1966337S11065
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 06:00 | 11.0S 65.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Dec 3, 12:00 | 11.0S 64.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Dec 3, 18:00 | 11.2S 62.9E | Tropical storm | ||
| Dec 4, 00:00 | 11.5S 61.8E | Tropical storm | ||
| Dec 4, 06:00 | 11.7S 60.8E | Tropical storm | ||
| Dec 4, 12:00 | 11.9S 60.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Dec 4, 18:00 | 12.0S 59.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Dec 5, 00:00 | 12.1S 58.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Dec 5, 06:00 | 12.5S 57.0E | Mixed |
Other South Indian storms of 1967
- Tropical Depression AngelaSouth Indian · 1967
- Tropical Depression BerylSouth Indian · 1967
- Tropical Depression ColetteSouth Indian · 1967
- Tropical Storm Clara:ElisaSouth Indian · 1967
- Tropical Depression DaphneSouth Indian · 1967
- Tropical Depression DelilahSouth Indian · 1967
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1967
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1967
- Tropical Depression FlorenceSouth Indian · 1967
- Tropical Depression EdithSouth Indian · 1967
- Tropical Depression GilberteSouth Indian · 1967
- Tropical Depression ElsieSouth Indian · 1967
- Tropical Depression HuguetteSouth Indian · 1967
- Tropical Depression IrmaSouth Indian · 1967
- Tropical Storm GwenSouth Indian · 1967
- Tropical Storm Jackie:LauraSouth Indian · 1967
- Tropical Depression JackieSouth Indian · 1967
- Tropical Depression KathySouth Indian · 1967
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.