The 2000 season

Cyclone Connie (2000)

Cyclone Connie reached Category 4 in the South Indian between January 25, 2000 and February 2, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 930 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Connie, 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
January 25, 2000 to February 2, 2000
Peak strength
Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
Lowest pressure
930 mb (27.46 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 130 km (81 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
15.7
Fastest the center moved
16 kt (18 mph)
Identifier
SH082000

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jan 25, 00:0015.2S 56.2E20 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Jan 25, 06:0015.1S 56.0E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 25, 12:0015.0S 55.8E25 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jan 25, 18:0014.8S 55.7E35 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jan 26, 00:0014.6S 55.6E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jan 26, 06:0014.5S 55.6E35 kt988 mbTropical storm
Jan 26, 12:0014.4S 55.7E45 kt988 mbTropical storm
Jan 26, 18:0014.4S 55.9E55 kt983 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 00:0014.7S 56.2E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 06:0015.1S 56.4E65 kt965 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 12:0015.5S 56.6E85 kt955 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 18:0015.9S 56.8E115 kt940 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 00:0016.3S 57.0E120 kt940 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 06:0016.7S 57.0E110 kt935 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 12:0017.1S 57.0E110 kt930 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 18:0017.6S 56.6E105 kt930 mbTropical storm
Jan 29, 00:0018.1S 56.1E95 kt930 mbTropical storm
Jan 29, 06:0019.0S 55.4E90 kt935 mbTropical storm
Jan 29, 12:0019.9S 54.7E80 kt950 mbTropical storm
Jan 29, 18:0020.9S 53.8E80 kt960 mbTropical storm
Jan 30, 00:0022.0S 53.0E70 kt965 mbTropical storm
Jan 30, 06:0023.2S 51.8E65 kt968 mbTropical storm
Jan 30, 12:0024.4S 50.8E65 kt973 mbTropical storm
Jan 30, 18:0025.2S 50.2E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jan 31, 00:0026.3S 50.2E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Jan 31, 06:0027.6S 50.4E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jan 31, 12:0028.8S 50.9E55 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jan 31, 18:0029.7S 51.3E65 kt983 mbTropical storm
Feb 1, 00:0030.5S 51.8E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 1, 06:0031.3S 52.3E45 kt988 mbMixed
Feb 1, 12:0031.7S 52.7E35 kt988 mbMixed
Feb 1, 18:0032.2S 53.2E35 kt990 mbMixed
Feb 2, 00:0032.8S 53.8E25 kt990 mbMixed
Feb 2, 06:0033.4S 54.5E25 kt992 mbMixed
Feb 2, 12:0034.4S 56.0E25 kt995 mbMixed

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.