The 1995 season

Cyclone Bobby (1995)

Cyclone Bobby reached Category 3 in the South Indian between February 18, 1995 and February 27, 1995, with a lowest pressure of 925 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Bobby, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1995 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
South Indian
Dates
February 18, 1995 to February 27, 1995
Peak strength
Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
Lowest pressure
925 mb (27.32 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
10.7
Fastest the center moved
22 kt (25 mph)
Identifier
SH121995

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Feb 18, 00:0011.0S 133.0E15 ktTropical storm
Feb 18, 06:0011.2S 132.1E15 ktTropical storm
Feb 18, 12:0011.4S 131.2E15 ktTropical storm
Feb 18, 18:0011.7S 130.2E20 ktTropical storm
Feb 19, 00:0012.0S 129.2E20 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Feb 19, 06:0012.2S 128.2E20 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Feb 19, 12:0012.3S 127.2E20 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Feb 19, 18:0012.5S 126.2E25 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Feb 20, 00:0012.4S 125.3E25 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Feb 20, 06:0012.5S 124.4E25 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Feb 20, 12:0012.7S 123.5E25 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Feb 20, 18:0013.2S 122.6E25 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Feb 21, 00:0013.6S 121.7E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 21, 06:0014.1S 120.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 21, 12:0014.7S 120.2E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Feb 21, 18:0015.4S 119.7E40 kt990 mbTropical storm
Feb 22, 00:0016.3S 119.3E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 22, 06:0016.9S 118.6E50 kt980 mbTropical storm
Feb 22, 12:0017.5S 117.9E55 kt975 mbTropical storm
Feb 22, 18:0018.0S 117.3E60 kt965 mbTropical storm
Feb 23, 00:0018.5S 116.6E65 kt955 mbTropical storm
Feb 23, 06:0019.0S 116.1E70 kt955 mbTropical storm
Feb 23, 12:0019.4S 115.8E75 kt955 mbTropical storm
Feb 23, 18:0019.8S 115.7E80 kt955 mbTropical storm
Feb 24, 00:0020.3S 115.7E90 kt950 mbTropical storm
Feb 24, 06:0020.8S 115.7E100 kt930 mbTropical storm
Feb 24, 12:0021.3S 115.5E110 kt930 mbTropical storm
Feb 24, 18:0021.7S 115.3E100 kt945 mbTropical storm
Feb 25, 00:0022.1S 115.2E90 kt955 mbTropical storm
Feb 25, 06:0022.7S 115.2E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Feb 25, 12:0023.5S 115.2E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Feb 25, 18:0024.4S 115.4E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Feb 26, 00:0025.3S 115.8E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Feb 26, 06:0026.3S 116.4E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 26, 12:0027.2S 117.5E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 26, 18:0028.0S 119.0E35 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 27, 00:0028.9S 120.8E20 kt992 mbTropical storm
Feb 27, 06:0029.7S 122.8E20 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 27, 12:0030.4S 124.9E20 ktTropical storm

Other South Indian storms of 1995

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.