Cyclone Bako:Bessi (2002)

Basin

South Indian

Dates

November 25, 2001 to December 9, 2001

Peak strength

Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)

Lowest pressure

967 mb (28.56 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 670 km (416 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

9.2

Identifier

SH052002

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

• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2002Tropical Storm35 kt · 997 mb
• Tropical Storm Alex:AndreSouth Indian · 2002Tropical Storm55 kt · 984 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2002Tropical Storm35 kt · 997 mb
• Tropical Storm CyprienSouth Indian · 2002Tropical Storm50 kt · 987 mb
• Cyclone DinaSouth Indian · 2002Cat 4130 kt · 910 mb
• Cyclone EddySouth Indian · 2002Cat 175 kt · 967 mb
• Cyclone FrancescaSouth Indian · 2002Cat 4115 kt · 927 mb
• Cyclone ChrisSouth Indian · 2002Cat 4125 kt · 916 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 2002Tropical Depression20 kt · 994 mb
• Cyclone GuillaumeSouth Indian · 2002Cat 4120 kt · 922 mb
• Cyclone HarySouth Indian · 2002Cat 5140 kt · 898 mb
• Cyclone IkalaSouth Indian · 2002Cat 3110 kt · 933 mb
• Cyclone Dianne:JerySouth Indian · 2002Cat 3105 kt · 938 mb
• Tropical Storm BonnieSouth Indian · 2002Tropical Storm50 kt · 987 mb
• Cyclone KesinySouth Indian · 2002Cat 165 kt · 976 mb
• Tropical Storm ErrolSouth Indian · 2002Tropical Storm45 kt · 991 mb

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.

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.