Tropical Storm Celesta (1992)
Tropical Storm Celesta peaked at 45 kt in the South Indian between February 8, 1992 and February 14, 1992, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Celesta. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- South Indian
- Dates
- February 8, 1992 to February 14, 1992
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb (29.09 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 523 km (325 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.4
- Identifier
- SH151992
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 06:00 | 13.7S 62.5E | 20 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 8, 12:00 | 14.5S 62.4E | 24 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 8, 18:00 | 16.6S 62.2E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 9, 00:00 | 16.8S 61.5E | 20 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 9, 06:00 | 17.4S 61.2E | 20 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 9, 12:00 | 18.0S 61.5E | 20 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 9, 18:00 | 18.5S 62.3E | 25 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 10, 00:00 | 19.1S 63.2E | 25 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 10, 06:00 | 19.7S 64.3E | 30 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 10, 12:00 | 20.5S 65.5E | 30 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 10, 18:00 | 21.3S 66.5E | 30 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 11, 00:00 | 22.0S 67.5E | 35 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 11, 06:00 | 22.8S 68.5E | 40 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 11, 12:00 | 23.6S 69.1E | 45 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 11, 18:00 | 24.4S 68.9E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 12, 00:00 | 24.3S 67.8E | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 12, 06:00 | 23.4S 67.1E | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 12, 12:00 | 22.2S 66.4E | 40 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 12, 18:00 | 21.1S 65.7E | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 13, 00:00 | 19.9S 65.1E | 30 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Feb 13, 06:00 | 20.8S 66.2E | Disturbance | ||
| Feb 13, 12:00 | 20.5S 66.3E | Disturbance | ||
| Feb 13, 18:00 | 20.2S 66.4E | Disturbance | ||
| Feb 14, 00:00 | 19.9S 66.4E | Disturbance |
Other South Indian storms of 1992
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1992
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1992
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1992
- Cyclone GrahamSouth Indian · 1992
- Cyclone AlexandraSouth Indian · 1992
- Tropical Storm BrynaSouth Indian · 1992
- Tropical Storm MarkSouth Indian · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1992
- Tropical Storm DaviliaSouth Indian · 1992
- Tropical Storm ElizabethaSouth Indian · 1992
- Cyclone FaridaSouth Indian · 1992
- Cyclone IanSouth Indian · 1992
- Tropical Depression GerdaSouth Indian · 1992
- Cyclone Harriet:HeatherSouth Indian · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1992
- Tropical Storm GerdaSouth Indian · 1992
- Tropical Storm GerdaSouth Indian · 1992
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1992
- Cyclone NevilleSouth Indian · 1992
- Cyclone Irna:JaneSouth Indian · 1992
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.