Cyclone Luma (2003)
Cyclone Luma peaked at 70 kt in the South Indian between April 8, 2003 and April 12, 2003, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Luma, 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
- April 8, 2003 to April 12, 2003
- Peak strength
- Cyclone, 70 kt (81 mph), ten-minute wind
- Lowest pressure
- 980 mb (28.94 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 223 km (139 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.0
- Identifier
- 2003098S23041
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 00:00 | 23.4S 40.7E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 8, 06:00 | 24.3S 40.6E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 8, 12:00 | 25.2S 40.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Apr 8, 18:00 | 25.4S 39.6E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Apr 9, 00:00 | 25.6S 39.3E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Apr 9, 06:00 | 25.8S 39.2E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Apr 9, 12:00 | 25.7S 40.1E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Apr 9, 18:00 | 26.0S 41.6E | 33 kt | 1000 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Apr 10, 00:00 | 27.0S 43.2E | 38 kt | 996 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Apr 10, 06:00 | 28.0S 45.0E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Apr 10, 12:00 | 29.2S 47.0E | 50 kt | 988 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Apr 10, 18:00 | 30.1S 49.6E | 50 kt | 988 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Apr 11, 00:00 | 31.2S 52.6E | 60 kt | 984 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Apr 11, 06:00 | 32.5S 56.0E | 70 kt | 980 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Apr 11, 12:00 | 34.2S 60.2E | 55 kt | 987 mb | Extratropical |
| Apr 11, 18:00 | 36.1S 65.1E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Extratropical |
| Apr 12, 00:00 | 38.5S 70.4E | 40 kt | 997 mb | Extratropical |
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
- Tropical Storm GrahamSouth 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 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. This storm’s winds are ten-minute averages from its regional agency. They read about 12 percent lower than the one-minute winds US agencies use, so a Saffir-Simpson category is not given for it.
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.