Tropical Storm Ophelia (1997)

Basin

South Indian

Dates

December 13, 1996 to December 27, 1996

Peak strength

Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)

Lowest pressure

980 mb (28.94 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 155 km (96 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

4.4

Identifier

SH111997

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

• Tropical Storm LindsaySouth Indian · 1997Tropical Storm35 kt · 990 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1997Tropical Storm45 kt · 995 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1997Tropical Storm40 kt
• Cyclone AntoinetteSouth Indian · 1997Cat 165 kt · 965 mb
• Cyclone Bellamine:MelanieSouth Indian · 1997Cat 4125 kt · 925 mb
• Cyclone Chantelle:DaniellaSouth Indian · 1997Cat 4120 kt · 915 mb
• Tropical Storm ElvinaSouth Indian · 1997Tropical Storm55 kt · 985 mb
• Tropical Storm NicholasSouth Indian · 1997Tropical Storm45 kt · 985 mb
• Tropical Storm FabriolaSouth Indian · 1997Tropical Storm60 kt · 985 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1997Tropical Storm45 kt · 991 mb
• Cyclone Helinda:PanchoSouth Indian · 1997Cat 4125 kt · 915 mb
• Cyclone IlettaSouth Indian · 1997Cat 175 kt · 975 mb
• Cyclone GretelleSouth Indian · 1997Cat 4115 kt · 950 mb
• Cyclone JosieSouth Indian · 1997Cat 290 kt · 950 mb
• Cyclone KarletteSouth Indian · 1997Cat 165 kt · 970 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1997Tropical Storm45 kt
• Cyclone LisetteSouth Indian · 1997Cat 175 kt · 980 mb
• Cyclone RhondaSouth Indian · 1997Cat 3100 kt · 935 mb

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.

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.