The 2004 season

Cyclone Juba (2004)

Cyclone Juba reached Category 1 in the South Indian between May 4, 2004 and May 17, 2004, with a lowest pressure of 976 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Juba, 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
May 4, 2004 to May 17, 2004
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
976 mb (28.82 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 557 km (346 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.9
Identifier
SH232004

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
May 4, 00:007.6S 84.1E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
May 4, 06:008.1S 83.1E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
May 4, 12:008.5S 82.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
May 4, 18:008.7S 80.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
May 5, 00:008.7S 79.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
May 5, 06:008.6S 77.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
May 5, 12:008.5S 76.4E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
May 5, 18:008.5S 75.4E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
May 6, 00:008.5S 74.7E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
May 6, 06:008.0S 74.2E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
May 6, 12:007.4S 74.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
May 6, 18:007.2S 75.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
May 7, 00:007.1S 77.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
May 7, 06:007.8S 78.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
May 7, 12:008.6S 78.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
May 7, 18:009.4S 78.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
May 8, 00:009.9S 78.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
May 8, 06:0010.3S 78.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
May 8, 12:0010.6S 77.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
May 8, 18:0010.5S 77.1E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
May 9, 00:0010.3S 76.5E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
May 9, 06:0010.3S 75.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
May 9, 12:0010.0S 75.4E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
May 9, 18:0010.2S 74.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
May 10, 00:0010.4S 73.8E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
May 10, 06:0010.5S 72.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
May 10, 12:0010.2S 72.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
May 10, 18:009.9S 71.8E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
May 11, 00:009.7S 71.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
May 11, 06:009.6S 70.8E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
May 11, 12:009.7S 70.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
May 11, 18:0010.1S 70.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
May 12, 00:0010.5S 69.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
May 12, 06:0010.9S 69.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
May 12, 12:0011.2S 68.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
May 12, 18:0011.7S 68.1E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
May 13, 00:0012.2S 67.8E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
May 13, 06:0012.8S 67.6E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
May 13, 12:0013.4S 67.5E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
May 13, 18:0014.1S 67.5E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
May 14, 00:0014.8S 67.6E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
May 14, 06:0015.1S 67.0E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
May 14, 12:0014.8S 66.3E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
May 14, 18:0014.4S 65.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
May 15, 00:0014.8S 65.5E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
May 15, 06:0015.2S 64.5E20 kt1002 mbTropical storm
May 15, 12:0016.0S 64.1E20 kt1003 mbTropical storm
May 15, 18:0017.0S 64.0E20 kt1005 mbTropical storm
May 16, 00:0018.2S 63.6E20 kt1005 mbTropical storm
May 16, 06:0019.3S 63.3E15 kt1006 mbTropical storm
May 16, 12:0019.7S 63.2E15 kt1007 mbDisturbance
May 16, 18:0019.7S 63.1E15 kt1007 mbDisturbance
May 17, 00:0019.9S 63.3E15 kt1007 mbDisturbance
May 17, 06:0020.2S 63.5E1008 mbDisturbance

Other South Indian storms of 2004

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.