Tropical Depression Clera (1983)
Tropical Depression Clera peaked at 28 kt in the South Indian between December 19, 1982 and December 20, 1982, with a lowest pressure of 997 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Depression Clera, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1983 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 19, 1982 to December 20, 1982
- Peak strength
- Tropical Depression, 28 kt (32 mph), ten-minute wind
- Lowest pressure
- 997 mb (29.44 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 944 km (587 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.0
- Identifier
- 1982353S13064
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 19, 06:00 | 13.2S 64.0E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 12:00 | 13.6S 65.8E | 28 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 18:00 | 11.9S 65.9E | Tropical storm | ||
| Dec 20, 00:00 | 10.8S 64.0E | Tropical storm | ||
| Dec 20, 06:00 | 10.4S 61.5E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Mixed |
| Dec 20, 12:00 | 11.6S 58.5E | Mixed |
Other South Indian storms of 1983
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1983
- Tropical Depression ArilisySouth Indian · 1983
- Cyclone BemanySouth Indian · 1983
- Cyclone DadafySouth Indian · 1983
- Cyclone JaneSouth Indian · 1983
- Cyclone ElinahSouth Indian · 1983
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1983
- Tropical Storm KenSouth Indian · 1983
- Tropical Storm LenaSouth Indian · 1983
- Tropical Storm NaomiSouth Indian · 1983
- Tropical Storm MontySouth Indian · 1983
- Tropical Depression FelySouth Indian · 1983
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. This storm’s winds are ten-minute averages from its regional agency. They read about 12 percent lower than the one-minute winds US agencies use, so a Saffir-Simpson category is not given for it.
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.