The 2000 season

Cyclone Astride (2000)

Cyclone Astride reached Category 1 in the South Indian between December 23, 1999 and January 3, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Astride, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2000 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
December 23, 1999 to January 3, 2000
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
985 mb (29.09 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
7.5
Identifier
SH032000

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Dec 23, 06:008.2S 75.5E20 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Dec 23, 12:009.1S 75.6E20 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Dec 23, 18:009.9S 75.0E20 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Dec 24, 00:0010.5S 74.4E25 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Dec 24, 06:0011.2S 73.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 24, 12:0011.9S 72.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 24, 18:0012.1S 72.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Dec 25, 00:0012.3S 70.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 25, 06:0012.3S 70.1E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 25, 12:0012.5S 69.0E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Dec 25, 18:0012.9S 67.9E45 kt995 mbTropical storm
Dec 26, 00:0013.1S 66.9E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Dec 26, 06:0013.2S 65.8E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Dec 26, 12:0013.5S 64.7E55 kt988 mbTropical storm
Dec 26, 18:0014.0S 63.9E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Dec 27, 00:0014.2S 63.0E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Dec 27, 06:0014.3S 62.1E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Dec 27, 12:0014.5S 61.3E65 kt985 mbTropical storm
Dec 27, 18:0014.7S 60.6E65 kt988 mbTropical storm
Dec 28, 00:0014.8S 59.7E65 kt990 mbTropical storm
Dec 28, 06:0015.0S 58.7E60 kt992 mbTropical storm
Dec 28, 12:0015.1S 57.9E55 kt992 mbTropical storm
Dec 28, 18:0015.3S 57.2E55 kt992 mbTropical storm
Dec 29, 00:0015.4S 56.7E55 kt988 mbTropical storm
Dec 29, 06:0015.5S 56.2E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Dec 29, 12:0015.5S 55.7E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Dec 29, 18:0015.4S 55.2E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Dec 30, 00:0015.3S 54.6E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Dec 30, 06:0015.1S 54.0E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Dec 30, 12:0014.8S 53.3E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Dec 30, 18:0014.5S 52.5E40 kt988 mbTropical storm
Dec 31, 00:0014.1S 51.7E40 kt988 mbTropical storm
Dec 31, 06:0013.7S 51.2E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Dec 31, 12:0013.4S 50.7E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Dec 31, 18:0013.0S 50.0E45 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jan 1, 00:0012.8S 49.0E40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 1, 06:0012.7S 47.9E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 1, 12:0012.7S 47.2E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 1, 18:0012.7S 46.5E25 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jan 2, 00:0012.7S 45.8E25 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 2, 06:0012.8S 45.0E25 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jan 2, 12:0012.9S 44.0E25 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jan 2, 18:0013.0S 42.5E25 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jan 3, 00:0013.1S 40.9E25 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 3, 06:0013.6S 40.3E30 kt998 mbNot reported
Jan 3, 12:0013.2S 39.5E25 kt1000 mbNot reported

Other South Indian storms of 2000

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.