The 2005 season

Tropical Storm Raymond (2005)

Tropical Storm Raymond peaked at 50 kt in the South Indian between December 30, 2004 and January 10, 2005, with a lowest pressure of 987 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Raymond, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2005 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 30, 2004 to January 10, 2005
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
Lowest pressure
987 mb (29.15 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
1.7
Identifier
SH072005

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Dec 30, 00:0012.9S 119.8E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 30, 06:0013.6S 120.5E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Dec 30, 12:0013.9S 120.5E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Dec 30, 18:0014.4S 120.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Dec 31, 00:0014.8S 120.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Dec 31, 06:0015.0S 120.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Dec 31, 12:0015.1S 120.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 31, 18:0015.0S 121.2E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jan 1, 00:0014.7S 121.4E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jan 1, 06:0014.4S 121.7E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jan 1, 12:0014.2S 122.2E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jan 1, 18:0014.2S 122.6E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jan 2, 00:0014.2S 123.1E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Jan 2, 06:0014.4S 123.7E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Jan 2, 12:0014.7S 124.3E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Jan 2, 18:0015.2S 124.7E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Jan 3, 00:0016.0S 125.5E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jan 3, 06:0017.0S 126.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 3, 12:0017.3S 130.7E15 kt999 mbNot reported
Jan 3, 18:0017.5S 132.0E15 kt999 mbNot reported
Jan 4, 00:0017.8S 134.2E15 kt999 mbNot reported
Jan 4, 06:0018.4S 134.5E15 kt997 mbNot reported
Jan 4, 12:0018.5S 136.5E15 kt999 mbNot reported
Jan 4, 18:0018.0S 137.0E15 kt999 mbNot reported
Jan 5, 00:0017.5S 137.5E15 kt1000 mbNot reported
Jan 5, 06:0017.1S 137.8E15 kt999 mbNot reported
Jan 5, 12:0016.8S 138.3E15 kt999 mbNot reported
Jan 5, 18:0016.6S 138.7E15 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jan 6, 00:0016.2S 139.1E15 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Jan 6, 06:0016.2S 139.8E15 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Jan 6, 12:0016.8S 140.1E15 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 6, 18:0016.7S 140.4E15 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 7, 00:0016.3S 140.6E15 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 7, 06:0016.0S 139.6E15 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Jan 7, 12:0015.9S 139.4E15 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Jan 7, 18:0015.6S 138.9E15 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Jan 8, 00:0015.5S 138.9E15 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Jan 8, 06:0015.3S 138.8E15 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Jan 8, 12:0015.2S 138.7E15 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 8, 18:0015.1S 138.6E15 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 9, 00:0014.6S 138.2E15 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 9, 06:0014.6S 138.1E15 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jan 9, 12:0014.6S 137.6E15 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Jan 9, 18:0014.6S 137.1E15 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Jan 10, 00:0014.7S 136.6E15 kt1004 mbTropical storm

Other South Indian storms of 2005

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.