Tropical Storm Graham (2003)
Tropical Storm Graham peaked at 40 kt in the South Indian between February 24, 2003 and March 1, 2003, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Graham, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- South Indian
- Dates
- February 24, 2003 to March 1, 2003
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 994 mb (29.35 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 100 nmi (185 km, 115 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 65 nmi (120 km, 75 mi)
- Overall size
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 8 kt (9 mph)
- Identifier
- SH202003
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 24, 12:00 | 17.3S 118.5E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 24, 18:00 | 17.1S 118.4E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 25, 00:00 | 16.9S 118.4E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 25, 06:00 | 16.7S 118.4E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 25, 12:00 | 16.6S 118.6E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 25, 18:00 | 16.8S 118.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 26, 00:00 | 17.0S 118.8E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 26, 06:00 | 17.2S 118.9E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 26, 12:00 | 17.4S 119.0E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 26, 18:00 | 17.6S 119.1E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 27, 00:00 | 17.7S 119.4E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 27, 06:00 | 17.7S 119.8E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 27, 12:00 | 17.8S 120.2E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 27, 18:00 | 18.0S 120.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 28, 00:00 | 18.2S 120.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 28, 06:00 | 18.6S 120.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 28, 12:00 | 19.1S 120.7E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 28, 18:00 | 19.6S 121.1E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 1, 00:00 | 20.0S 121.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 1, 06:00 | 20.3S 121.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 1, 12:00 | 20.8S 122.0E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 1, 18:00 | 21.5S 122.2E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
Other South Indian storms of 2003
- Tropical Storm AbaimbaSouth Indian · 2003
- Tropical Storm AtangSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone BouraSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone CrystalSouth Indian · 2003
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 2003
- Tropical Storm DelfinaSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone EbulaSouth Indian · 2003
- Tropical Storm FariSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone FionaSouth Indian · 2003
- Tropical Storm IshaSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone GerrySouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone HapeSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone JaphetSouth Indian · 2003
- Tropical Storm HarrietSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone KalundeSouth Indian · 2003
- Tropical Storm CraigSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone InigoSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone LumaSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone ManouSouth Indian · 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.