The 2006 season

Cyclone Alvin:Bertie (2006)

Cyclone Alvin:Bertie reached Category 4 in the South Indian between November 18, 2005 and December 3, 2005, with a lowest pressure of 927 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Alvin:Bertie, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2006 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
November 18, 2005 to December 3, 2005
Peak strength
Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
Lowest pressure
927 mb (27.37 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 478 km (297 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
18.2
Identifier
SH032006

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 18, 06:003.7S 95.1E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Nov 18, 12:004.3S 94.6E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Nov 18, 18:005.0S 94.3E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Nov 19, 00:005.8S 94.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 19, 06:006.5S 94.1E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 19, 12:007.1S 93.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 19, 18:007.4S 93.9E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 00:007.7S 93.9E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 06:008.1S 93.7E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 12:008.4S 93.5E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Nov 20, 18:008.7S 93.3E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Nov 21, 00:009.0S 92.9E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Nov 21, 06:009.3S 92.4E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Nov 21, 12:009.8S 92.0E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Nov 21, 18:0010.3S 91.6E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Nov 22, 00:0010.9S 91.1E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Nov 22, 06:0011.5S 90.8E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Nov 22, 12:0011.9S 90.5E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Nov 22, 18:0012.2S 90.4E105 kt938 mbTyphoon
Nov 23, 00:0012.5S 90.3E115 kt927 mbTyphoon
Nov 23, 06:0012.8S 90.3E115 kt927 mbTyphoon
Nov 23, 12:0013.3S 90.3E105 kt938 mbTyphoon
Nov 23, 18:0013.8S 90.1E105 kt938 mbTyphoon
Nov 24, 00:0014.2S 90.0E105 kt938 mbTyphoon
Nov 24, 06:0014.6S 89.9E105 kt938 mbTyphoon
Nov 24, 12:0014.8S 89.7E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Nov 24, 18:0014.8S 89.4E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Nov 25, 00:0014.5S 89.0E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Nov 25, 06:0014.4S 88.6E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Nov 25, 12:0014.3S 88.2E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Nov 25, 18:0014.1S 87.8E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 00:0014.0S 87.2E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 06:0013.9S 86.6E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 12:0013.7S 86.0E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Nov 26, 18:0013.4S 85.4E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 27, 00:0013.1S 84.8E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 27, 06:0012.9S 84.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 27, 12:0012.7S 83.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 27, 18:0012.5S 83.4E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 28, 00:0012.4S 83.1E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 28, 06:0012.7S 82.8E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 28, 12:0012.9S 82.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 28, 18:0012.3S 81.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 29, 00:0011.7S 80.9E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 29, 06:0011.0S 80.3E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 29, 12:0010.4S 80.1E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 29, 18:009.5S 79.7E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 30, 00:008.8S 79.3E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 30, 06:008.1S 78.9E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 30, 12:007.8S 78.4E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 30, 18:007.8S 78.0E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 1, 00:007.9S 77.5E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 1, 06:008.1S 77.0E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 1, 12:008.3S 76.3E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 1, 18:008.5S 75.0E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Dec 2, 00:008.7S 73.6E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Dec 2, 06:008.9S 72.2E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Dec 2, 12:009.1S 70.8E1006 mbDisturbance
Dec 2, 18:009.2S 70.0E1006 mbDisturbance
Dec 3, 00:009.4S 69.0E1007 mbDisturbance
Dec 3, 06:009.5S 68.1E1007 mbDisturbance

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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.