Cyclone Cela (2004)

Cyclone Cela reached Category 1 in the South Indian between December 4, 2003 and December 22, 2003, with a lowest pressure of 976 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Cela, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2004 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: December 4, 2003 to December 22, 2003
Peak strength: Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure: 976 mb (28.82 inHg)
Landfall: Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy: 11.9
Identifier: SH032004

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Dec 4, 00:00	9.3S 64.6E	15 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Dec 4, 06:00	10.0S 64.5E	15 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Dec 4, 12:00	10.7S 64.3E	15 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Dec 4, 18:00	11.4S 64.1E	15 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Dec 5, 00:00	11.9S 63.5E	20 kt	1003 mb	Disturbance
Dec 5, 06:00	11.9S 62.6E	25 kt	1002 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 5, 12:00	11.6S 61.9E	25 kt	1002 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 5, 18:00	11.7S 61.3E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 6, 00:00	11.8S 60.8E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 6, 06:00	11.9S 60.3E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 6, 12:00	12.2S 59.8E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 6, 18:00	12.6S 59.2E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 7, 00:00	12.9S 58.6E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 7, 06:00	13.1S 57.9E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical cyclone
Dec 7, 12:00	13.4S 57.4E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical cyclone
Dec 7, 18:00	13.6S 56.7E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 8, 00:00	13.7S 55.8E	40 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 8, 06:00	13.5S 54.9E	45 kt	991 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 8, 12:00	13.4S 54.0E	45 kt	991 mb	Tropical cyclone
Dec 8, 18:00	13.3S 53.2E	45 kt	991 mb	Tropical cyclone
Dec 9, 00:00	13.2S 52.3E	45 kt	991 mb	Tropical cyclone
Dec 9, 06:00	13.2S 51.4E	45 kt	987 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 9, 12:00	13.2S 50.7E	40 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 9, 18:00	13.2S 49.8E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 10, 00:00	13.3S 48.5E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical cyclone
Dec 10, 06:00	14.0S 47.0E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 10, 12:00	15.0S 45.6E	25 kt	1002 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 10, 18:00	15.3S 44.7E	25 kt	1002 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 11, 00:00	15.4S 44.4E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 11, 06:00	15.5S 44.2E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 11, 12:00	15.6S 44.1E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 11, 18:00	15.7S 44.0E	40 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 12, 00:00	15.8S 43.9E	40 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 12, 06:00	16.0S 44.0E	40 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 12, 12:00	16.2S 44.0E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 12, 18:00	16.3S 43.8E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 13, 00:00	16.2S 43.5E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 13, 06:00	16.1S 43.2E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 13, 12:00	16.1S 42.8E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 13, 18:00	16.3S 42.4E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 14, 00:00	16.6S 42.1E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 14, 06:00	17.1S 41.9E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 14, 12:00	17.7S 41.9E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 14, 18:00	18.1S 41.5E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 15, 00:00	18.8S 41.1E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 15, 06:00	19.6S 41.1E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 15, 12:00	20.1S 41.2E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 15, 18:00	20.4S 41.3E	45 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 16, 00:00	20.6S 41.4E	55 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 16, 06:00	20.7S 41.6E	65 kt	976 mb	Typhoon
Dec 16, 12:00	20.9S 41.7E	65 kt	976 mb	Typhoon
Dec 16, 18:00	21.1S 41.6E	65 kt	976 mb	Typhoon
Dec 17, 00:00	21.2S 41.4E	60 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 17, 06:00	21.4S 41.0E	55 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 17, 12:00	22.3S 40.3E	55 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 17, 18:00	23.1S 39.8E	55 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 18, 00:00	23.6S 39.3E	55 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 18, 06:00	23.9S 39.1E	55 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 18, 12:00	24.3S 39.1E	55 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 18, 18:00	24.6S 39.6E	55 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 19, 00:00	24.8S 40.4E	55 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 19, 06:00	25.0S 41.3E	60 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 19, 12:00	25.5S 42.2E	65 kt	976 mb	Typhoon
Dec 19, 18:00	26.2S 42.8E	65 kt	976 mb	Typhoon
Dec 20, 00:00	27.1S 42.8E	65 kt	976 mb	Typhoon
Dec 20, 06:00	27.9S 42.3E	65 kt	976 mb	Typhoon
Dec 20, 12:00	29.0S 42.0E	60 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 20, 18:00	30.8S 41.9E	50 kt	987 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 21, 00:00	32.6S 42.3E	45 kt	991 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 21, 06:00	34.2S 44.0E	45 kt	991 mb	Extratropical
Dec 21, 12:00	36.0S 46.6E	45 kt	991 mb	Extratropical
Dec 21, 18:00	38.2S 51.2E	45 kt	991 mb	Extratropical
Dec 22, 00:00	40.3S 57.2E	55 kt	983 mb	Extratropical

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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.