The 2000 season

Cyclone Hudah (2000)

Cyclone Hudah reached Category 4 in the South Indian between March 22, 2000 and April 9, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 905 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Hudah, 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
March 22, 2000 to April 9, 2000
Peak strength
Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
Lowest pressure
905 mb (26.72 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
45.3
Fastest the center moved
15 kt (17 mph)
Identifier
SH212000

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Mar 22, 18:0016.7S 101.9E20 ktTropical depression
Mar 23, 00:0016.6S 100.7E20 ktTropical depression
Mar 23, 06:0016.3S 99.3E20 ktTropical depression
Mar 23, 12:0016.1S 98.1E20 ktTropical depression
Mar 23, 18:0015.9S 96.8E25 ktTropical depression
Mar 24, 00:0015.7S 95.4E25 kt998 mbTropical depression
Mar 24, 06:0015.3S 94.1E25 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Mar 24, 12:0015.3S 93.0E30 kt999 mbTropical depression
Mar 24, 18:0015.3S 91.7E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Mar 25, 00:0015.3S 90.5E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Mar 25, 06:0015.3S 89.4E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Mar 25, 12:0015.3S 88.2E70 kt980 mbTyphoon
Mar 25, 18:0015.1S 87.2E65 kt978 mbTyphoon
Mar 26, 00:0015.0S 86.3E65 kt978 mbTyphoon
Mar 26, 06:0014.9S 85.3E65 kt978 mbTyphoon
Mar 26, 12:0014.7S 84.2E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Mar 26, 18:0014.6S 83.3E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Mar 27, 00:0014.6S 82.6E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Mar 27, 06:0014.6S 81.7E80 kt965 mbTyphoon
Mar 27, 12:0014.6S 80.7E85 kt965 mbTyphoon
Mar 27, 18:0014.7S 79.7E90 kt965 mbTyphoon
Mar 28, 00:0014.8S 78.5E95 kt960 mbTyphoon
Mar 28, 06:0015.1S 77.3E100 kt960 mbTyphoon
Mar 28, 12:0015.5S 76.1E100 kt960 mbTyphoon
Mar 28, 18:0015.8S 75.0E100 kt960 mbTyphoon
Mar 29, 00:0016.1S 73.9E90 kt955 mbTyphoon
Mar 29, 06:0016.5S 72.6E90 kt950 mbTyphoon
Mar 29, 12:0016.8S 71.4E95 kt950 mbTyphoon
Mar 29, 18:0016.9S 70.2E90 kt950 mbTyphoon
Mar 30, 00:0016.9S 68.9E90 kt955 mbTyphoon
Mar 30, 06:0016.9S 67.6E85 kt960 mbTyphoon
Mar 30, 12:0017.0S 66.5E80 kt965 mbTyphoon
Mar 30, 18:0017.0S 65.4E80 kt965 mbTyphoon
Mar 31, 00:0017.0S 64.3E90 kt960 mbTyphoon
Mar 31, 06:0017.0S 63.1E100 kt945 mbTyphoon
Mar 31, 12:0017.0S 61.8E100 kt935 mbTyphoon
Mar 31, 18:0017.0S 60.6E100 kt928 mbTyphoon
Apr 1, 00:0017.0S 59.4E120 kt915 mbTyphoon
Apr 1, 06:0016.9S 58.2E120 kt910 mbTyphoon
Apr 1, 12:0016.6S 56.9E125 kt910 mbSuper typhoon
Apr 1, 18:0016.4S 55.7E125 kt910 mbSuper typhoon
Apr 2, 00:0016.2S 54.4E125 kt905 mbSuper typhoon
Apr 2, 06:0015.8S 53.0E125 kt905 mbSuper typhoon
Apr 2, 12:0015.4S 51.6E125 kt905 mbSuper typhoon
Apr 2, 18:0015.1S 50.4E115 kt910 mbTyphoon
Apr 3, 00:0014.9S 49.0E100 ktTyphoon
Apr 3, 06:0014.8S 47.6E75 ktTyphoon
Apr 3, 12:0014.8S 46.5E70 kt996 mbTyphoon
Apr 3, 18:0014.9S 45.1E55 kt997 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 00:0015.2S 44.2E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 06:0015.3S 43.3E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 12:0015.3S 42.3E55 kt983 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 18:0016.1S 41.9E65 kt978 mbTyphoon
Apr 5, 00:0016.5S 41.0E65 kt975 mbTyphoon
Apr 5, 06:0016.9S 40.3E65 kt975 mbTyphoon
Apr 5, 12:0017.1S 39.8E65 kt975 mbTyphoon
Apr 5, 18:0017.3S 39.6E65 kt970 mbTyphoon
Apr 6, 00:0017.5S 39.4E70 kt965 mbTyphoon
Apr 6, 06:0018.0S 38.9E70 kt965 mbTyphoon
Apr 6, 12:0018.6S 38.7E70 kt965 mbTyphoon
Apr 6, 18:0018.9S 38.6E90 kt960 mbTyphoon
Apr 7, 00:0019.0S 38.4E90 kt955 mbTyphoon
Apr 7, 06:0018.8S 38.3E100 kt947 mbTyphoon
Apr 7, 12:0018.6S 38.3E100 kt947 mbTyphoon
Apr 7, 18:0018.3S 38.5E100 kt947 mbTyphoon
Apr 8, 00:0018.0S 38.4E90 kt955 mbTyphoon
Apr 8, 06:0017.2S 38.3E80 kt970 mbTyphoon
Apr 8, 12:0016.7S 38.4E70 ktTyphoon
Apr 8, 18:0016.1S 38.5E55 ktTropical storm
Apr 9, 00:0015.3S 38.6E35 ktTropical storm
Apr 9, 06:0015.0S 38.5E30 ktTropical depression
Apr 9, 12:0014.4S 38.2E25 ktTropical depression

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.