Cyclone Anacelle (1998)
Cyclone Anacelle reached Category 4 in the South Indian between February 5, 1998 and February 14, 1998, with a lowest pressure of 950 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Anacelle, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1998 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
- February 5, 1998 to February 14, 1998
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 950 mb (28.05 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 125 km (78 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 15.0
- Identifier
- SH201998
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 00:00 | 12.7S 66.2E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Feb 5, 06:00 | 12.7S 65.7E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Feb 5, 12:00 | 12.7S 65.1E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Feb 5, 18:00 | 12.8S 64.6E | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Feb 6, 00:00 | 12.9S 64.4E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 6, 06:00 | 13.0S 64.2E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 6, 12:00 | 13.0S 64.0E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 6, 18:00 | 13.0S 63.6E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 7, 00:00 | 13.1S 63.4E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 7, 06:00 | 13.1S 63.1E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 7, 12:00 | 13.1S 62.7E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 7, 18:00 | 13.0S 62.1E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 8, 00:00 | 13.0S 61.6E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 8, 06:00 | 13.1S 61.4E | 40 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 8, 12:00 | 13.2S 61.3E | 40 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 8, 18:00 | 13.3S 61.2E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 9, 00:00 | 13.5S 61.1E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 9, 06:00 | 13.8S 61.1E | 50 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 9, 12:00 | 14.1S 61.0E | 60 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 9, 18:00 | 14.4S 60.8E | 70 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 10, 00:00 | 14.8S 60.6E | 80 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 10, 06:00 | 15.6S 60.2E | 90 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 10, 12:00 | 16.4S 59.8E | 90 kt | 960 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 10, 18:00 | 17.3S 59.4E | 90 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 11, 00:00 | 18.4S 59.2E | 100 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 11, 06:00 | 19.6S 59.2E | 105 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 11, 12:00 | 20.9S 59.3E | 115 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 11, 18:00 | 22.0S 59.5E | 115 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 12, 00:00 | 23.1S 59.8E | 105 kt | 950 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 12, 06:00 | 24.2S 60.2E | 105 kt | 955 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 12, 12:00 | 25.3S 60.6E | 100 kt | 965 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 12, 18:00 | 26.5S 61.2E | 90 kt | 970 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 13, 00:00 | 27.7S 62.6E | 75 kt | 975 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 13, 06:00 | 29.0S 64.4E | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 13, 12:00 | 30.5S 66.6E | 60 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 13, 18:00 | 32.6S 69.5E | 50 kt | Extratropical | |
| Feb 14, 00:00 | 35.8S 75.0E | Extratropical |
Other South Indian storms of 1998
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1998
- Tropical Storm SidSouth Indian · 1998
- Cyclone SelwynSouth Indian · 1998
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1998
- Cyclone TiffanySouth Indian · 1998
- Tropical Storm BeltaneSouth Indian · 1998
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1998
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1998
- Tropical Storm DonalineSouth Indian · 1998
- Cyclone ElsieSouth Indian · 1998
- Tropical Storm FionaSouth Indian · 1998
- Cyclone GemmaSouth Indian · 1998
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1998
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1998
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.