The 2003 season

Tropical Storm Fari (2003)

Tropical Storm Fari peaked at 55 kt in the South Indian between January 21, 2003 and February 2, 2003, with a lowest pressure of 984 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Fari. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

The storm

Basin
South Indian
Dates
January 21, 2003 to February 2, 2003
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
Lowest pressure
984 mb (29.06 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
1.9
Identifier
SH112003

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jan 21, 00:0011.2S 81.0E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 21, 06:0011.6S 81.0E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 21, 12:0012.0S 81.1E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 21, 18:0012.4S 81.1E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 22, 00:0012.7S 80.8E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 22, 06:0012.7S 80.2E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 22, 12:0013.0S 79.6E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 22, 18:0013.4S 78.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 23, 00:0013.8S 77.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 23, 06:0014.1S 76.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 23, 12:0014.5S 75.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 23, 18:0014.9S 74.4E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jan 24, 00:0015.2S 73.3E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jan 24, 06:0015.2S 72.3E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 24, 12:0015.0S 71.3E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 24, 18:0014.5S 69.7E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 25, 00:0014.0S 68.1E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 25, 06:0012.6S 66.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jan 25, 12:0012.6S 64.4E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 25, 18:0012.6S 62.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jan 26, 00:0013.1S 61.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jan 26, 06:0013.4S 60.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jan 26, 12:0013.7S 58.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jan 26, 18:0014.1S 57.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jan 27, 00:0014.7S 56.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jan 27, 06:0015.9S 54.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jan 27, 12:0017.4S 54.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jan 27, 18:0018.1S 52.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 28, 00:0018.6S 52.0E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 06:0019.1S 51.1E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 12:0019.6S 50.2E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 18:0020.0S 49.5E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jan 29, 00:0020.3S 48.6E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Jan 29, 06:0020.6S 47.2E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Jan 29, 12:0021.1S 45.8E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jan 29, 18:0022.1S 43.5E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jan 30, 00:0022.4S 42.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 30, 06:0023.1S 42.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 30, 12:0024.0S 42.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 30, 18:0024.9S 42.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jan 31, 00:0026.3S 42.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jan 31, 06:0027.6S 43.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jan 31, 12:0029.0S 43.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Jan 31, 18:0030.5S 44.1E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Feb 1, 00:0031.9S 44.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Feb 1, 06:0033.2S 45.5E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Feb 1, 12:0034.6S 47.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Feb 1, 18:0036.1S 48.6E40 kt1000 mbExtratropical
Feb 2, 00:0037.7S 50.6E40 kt1000 mbExtratropical
Feb 2, 06:0039.3S 53.4E35 kt1002 mbExtratropical
Feb 2, 12:0041.6S 58.5E35 kt1002 mbExtratropical

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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.