The 1996 season

Cyclone Doloresse (1996)

Cyclone Doloresse reached Category 1 in the South Indian between February 11, 1996 and February 19, 1996, with a lowest pressure of 977 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Doloresse, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1996 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 11, 1996 to February 19, 1996
Peak strength
Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure
977 mb (28.85 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
6.3
Identifier
SH141996

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Feb 11, 18:007.3S 53.0E20 ktTropical storm
Feb 12, 00:007.2S 52.6E20 ktTropical storm
Feb 12, 06:007.1S 52.3E20 ktTropical storm
Feb 12, 12:007.0S 52.0E20 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Feb 12, 18:007.0S 51.7E25 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 00:007.0S 51.3E25 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 06:007.1S 51.0E25 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 12:007.4S 50.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Feb 13, 18:007.9S 50.1E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 00:008.4S 49.3E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 06:008.9S 48.4E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 12:009.1S 47.3E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Feb 14, 18:009.2S 46.1E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Feb 15, 00:009.4S 45.1E35 kt999 mbTropical storm
Feb 15, 06:009.8S 44.3E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Feb 15, 12:0010.0S 43.9E40 kt997 mbTropical storm
Feb 15, 18:0010.1S 43.5E45 kt995 mbTropical storm
Feb 16, 00:0010.1S 43.1E45 kt995 mbTropical storm
Feb 16, 06:0010.1S 42.7E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Feb 16, 12:0010.2S 42.4E55 kt988 mbTropical storm
Feb 16, 18:0010.4S 42.3E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 17, 00:0010.5S 42.3E70 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 17, 06:0010.7S 42.4E75 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 17, 12:0011.1S 42.5E75 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 17, 18:0011.6S 42.7E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Feb 18, 00:0012.4S 43.0E75 kt977 mbTropical storm
Feb 18, 06:0013.3S 43.3E75 kt977 mbTropical storm
Feb 18, 12:0014.3S 43.7E75 kt980 mbTropical storm
Feb 18, 18:0015.1S 44.3E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 19, 00:0016.0S 45.0E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Feb 19, 06:0017.0S 45.3E35 kt995 mbTropical storm
Feb 19, 12:0018.0S 45.5E30 kt997 mbTropical storm

Other South Indian storms of 1996

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.