The 2004 season

Unnamed tropical depression (2004)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 25 kt in the South Indian between March 23, 2004 and March 28, 2004, with a lowest pressure of 1002 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, 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
March 23, 2004 to March 28, 2004
Peak strength
Tropical Depression, 25 kt (29 mph)
Lowest pressure
1002 mb (29.59 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 328 km (204 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
SH212004

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Mar 23, 06:008.4S 55.8E20 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Mar 23, 12:008.5S 55.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 23, 18:008.6S 56.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 24, 00:008.7S 56.1E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 24, 06:009.1S 56.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 24, 12:009.6S 55.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 24, 18:0010.2S 55.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 25, 00:0010.0S 54.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 25, 06:009.7S 54.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 25, 12:009.4S 54.1E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 25, 18:009.1S 54.1E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 26, 00:009.0S 54.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 26, 06:009.2S 53.8E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 26, 12:009.5S 53.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 26, 18:009.8S 53.4E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 27, 00:009.9S 53.1E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 27, 06:009.9S 52.8E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 27, 12:0010.1S 52.4E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 27, 18:0010.3S 52.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 28, 00:0010.2S 51.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 28, 06:009.8S 51.5E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 28, 12:009.2S 51.4E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression

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.