The 2001 season

Cyclone Evariste (2001)

Cyclone Evariste reached Category 1 in the South Indian between April 2, 2001 and April 8, 2001, with a lowest pressure of 973 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Evariste, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2001 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
April 2, 2001 to April 8, 2001
Peak strength
Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure
973 mb (28.73 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 392 km (244 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.4
Identifier
SH182001

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Apr 2, 12:009.5S 62.1E25 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Apr 2, 18:009.7S 61.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Apr 3, 00:009.4S 60.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Apr 3, 06:009.8S 61.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Apr 3, 12:0010.1S 61.5E30 kt999 mbTropical depression
Apr 3, 18:0010.6S 62.2E30 kt999 mbTropical depression
Apr 4, 00:0011.1S 63.0E35 kt999 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 06:0012.0S 63.4E35 kt999 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 12:0012.8S 63.1E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 18:0013.0S 62.4E45 kt995 mbTropical storm
Apr 5, 00:0013.2S 61.8E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Apr 5, 06:0013.6S 61.5E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 5, 12:0014.1S 61.3E65 kt978 mbTyphoon
Apr 5, 18:0014.9S 61.1E75 kt975 mbTyphoon
Apr 6, 00:0015.5S 61.0E75 kt973 mbTyphoon
Apr 6, 06:0016.2S 61.0E75 kt975 mbTyphoon
Apr 6, 12:0017.0S 60.8E70 kt975 mbTyphoon
Apr 6, 18:0018.1S 61.1E65 kt980 mbTyphoon
Apr 7, 00:0020.0S 61.8E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 06:0021.7S 62.5E55 kt987 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 12:0022.9S 61.7E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 18:0023.0S 61.0E40 kt995 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 00:0023.5S 61.0E40 kt999 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 06:0024.3S 62.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Apr 8, 12:0026.1S 63.7E25 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Apr 8, 18:0027.9S 64.8E25 kt1002 mbDisturbance

Other South Indian storms of 2001

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.