Tropical Storm Marcia (2000)
Tropical Storm Marcia peaked at 35 kt in the South Indian between February 14, 2000 and February 18, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 995 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Marcia, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- South Indian
- Dates
- February 14, 2000 to February 18, 2000
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph), ten-minute wind
- Lowest pressure
- 995 mb (29.38 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 817 km (508 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.7
- Identifier
- 2000045S14100
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 14, 12:00 | 13.8S 100.2E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 14, 18:00 | 13.7S 101.6E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 15, 00:00 | 13.8S 102.6E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 15, 06:00 | 14.1S 102.6E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 15, 12:00 | 14.4S 102.7E | 30 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 15, 18:00 | 14.8S 102.8E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 16, 00:00 | 15.0S 102.5E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 16, 06:00 | 15.0S 102.4E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 16, 12:00 | 15.2S 102.8E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 16, 18:00 | 15.5S 103.2E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 17, 00:00 | 16.0S 103.5E | 35 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 17, 06:00 | 16.3S 103.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 17, 12:00 | 16.4S 104.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 17, 18:00 | 16.3S 104.3E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 18, 00:00 | 16.3S 104.4E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 18, 06:00 | 16.3S 104.3E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 2000
- Tropical Storm IlsaSouth Indian · 2000
- Cyclone JohnSouth Indian · 2000
- Cyclone AstrideSouth Indian · 2000
- Cyclone BabiolaSouth Indian · 2000
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 2000
- Cyclone KirrilySouth Indian · 2000
- Cyclone ConnieSouth Indian · 2000
- Tropical Storm DamienneSouth Indian · 2000
- Cyclone Eline:LeoneSouth Indian · 2000
- Cyclone FeliciaSouth Indian · 2000
- Tropical Storm GloriaSouth Indian · 2000
- Cyclone NormanSouth Indian · 2000
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2000
- Tropical Storm OlgaSouth Indian · 2000
- Cyclone HudahSouth Indian · 2000
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2000
- Cyclone PaulSouth Indian · 2000
- Tropical Storm InnocenteSouth Indian · 2000
- Cyclone RositaSouth Indian · 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. This storm’s winds are ten-minute averages from its regional agency. They read about 12 percent lower than the one-minute winds US agencies use, so a Saffir-Simpson category is not given for it.
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.