The 2003 season

Cyclone Ebula (2003)

Cyclone Ebula reached Category 1 in the South Indian between January 6, 2003 and January 15, 2003, with a lowest pressure of 976 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Ebula, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2003 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 6, 2003 to January 15, 2003
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
976 mb (28.82 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1244 km (773 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
4.8
Identifier
SH092003

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jan 6, 12:009.5S 71.8E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jan 6, 18:009.9S 71.5E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jan 7, 00:0010.4S 71.5E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jan 7, 06:0010.8S 71.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jan 7, 12:0010.9S 70.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jan 7, 18:0011.1S 70.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jan 8, 00:0011.6S 70.2E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jan 8, 06:0012.2S 70.4E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jan 8, 12:0012.9S 70.6E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jan 8, 18:0013.6S 70.7E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jan 9, 00:0014.3S 70.8E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Jan 9, 06:0015.0S 71.1E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Jan 9, 12:0015.8S 71.3E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jan 9, 18:0016.7S 71.3E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jan 10, 00:0017.7S 70.8E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Jan 10, 06:0018.8S 70.4E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Jan 10, 12:0020.1S 70.0E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Jan 10, 18:0021.7S 69.7E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Jan 11, 00:0023.3S 69.6E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Jan 11, 06:0024.7S 69.5E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jan 11, 12:0026.0S 69.9E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Jan 11, 18:0026.8S 70.5E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Jan 12, 00:0027.5S 71.2E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jan 12, 06:0028.1S 72.0E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jan 12, 12:0028.4S 73.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 12, 18:0028.2S 73.7E37 kt996 mbExtratropical
Jan 13, 00:0028.4S 74.1E35 kt998 mbExtratropical
Jan 13, 06:0029.0S 74.4E35 kt998 mbExtratropical
Jan 13, 12:0029.7S 74.7E30 kt1000 mbExtratropical
Jan 13, 18:0030.4S 75.1E30 kt1002 mbExtratropical
Jan 14, 00:0031.1S 75.5E25 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Jan 14, 06:0031.9S 76.3E25 kt1005 mbExtratropical
Jan 14, 12:0032.8S 77.2E20 kt1007 mbExtratropical
Jan 14, 18:0033.2S 77.7E20 kt1008 mbExtratropical
Jan 15, 00:0033.6S 78.3E20 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Jan 15, 06:0034.0S 79.2E20 kt1012 mbDisturbance

Other South Indian storms of 2003

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.