The 2006 season

Cyclone Carina (2006)

Cyclone Carina reached Category 4 in the South Indian between February 22, 2006 and March 11, 2006, with a lowest pressure of 910 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Carina, 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
February 22, 2006 to March 11, 2006
Peak strength
Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)
Lowest pressure
910 mb (26.87 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 257 km (160 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
22.0
Identifier
SH142006

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Feb 22, 12:009.2S 81.8E20 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Feb 22, 18:009.6S 81.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Feb 23, 00:0010.0S 81.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 23, 06:0010.3S 81.5E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Feb 23, 12:0010.6S 81.4E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Feb 23, 18:0010.9S 81.3E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Feb 24, 00:0011.2S 81.2E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Feb 24, 06:0011.4S 81.1E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 24, 12:0011.7S 81.0E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Feb 24, 18:0012.0S 80.8E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Feb 25, 00:0012.2S 80.5E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Feb 25, 06:0012.5S 80.3E70 kt972 mbTropical cyclone
Feb 25, 12:0012.8S 80.2E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Feb 25, 18:0013.1S 80.1E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Feb 26, 00:0012.9S 79.7E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Feb 26, 06:0013.3S 79.8E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Feb 26, 12:0013.5S 80.0E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Feb 26, 18:0013.9S 79.9E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Feb 27, 00:0014.5S 79.8E95 kt949 mbTyphoon
Feb 27, 06:0014.9S 79.8E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Feb 27, 12:0015.4S 79.7E105 kt938 mbTyphoon
Feb 27, 18:0015.9S 79.5E115 kt927 mbTyphoon
Feb 28, 00:0016.1S 79.0E130 kt910 mbSuper typhoon
Feb 28, 06:0016.4S 78.6E130 kt910 mbSuper typhoon
Feb 28, 12:0016.6S 78.3E130 kt910 mbSuper typhoon
Feb 28, 18:0016.8S 78.0E125 kt916 mbTyphoon
Mar 1, 00:0017.1S 77.8E120 kt922 mbTyphoon
Mar 1, 06:0017.3S 77.3E115 kt927 mbTyphoon
Mar 1, 12:0017.7S 76.9E100 kt944 mbTyphoon
Mar 1, 18:0018.3S 77.0E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Mar 2, 00:0018.8S 77.2E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Mar 2, 06:0019.2S 77.8E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Mar 2, 12:0019.5S 78.1E35 kt997 mbExtratropical
Mar 2, 18:0019.7S 78.4E35 kt997 mbExtratropical
Mar 3, 00:0019.1S 78.3E35 kt995 mbTropical storm
Mar 3, 06:0019.0S 78.8E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Mar 3, 12:0018.9S 79.0E27 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 3, 18:0018.6S 79.2E25 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Mar 4, 00:0017.4S 79.0E25 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Mar 4, 06:0016.2S 78.7E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Mar 4, 12:0015.2S 78.4E25 kt1003 mbDisturbance
Mar 4, 18:0014.7S 77.9E25 kt1003 mbDisturbance
Mar 5, 00:0013.9S 77.1E25 kt1003 mbDisturbance
Mar 5, 06:0013.6S 76.3E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Mar 5, 12:0013.5S 75.4E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Mar 5, 18:0013.3S 74.8E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Mar 6, 00:0013.2S 74.1E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Mar 6, 06:0013.1S 73.3E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Mar 6, 12:0012.9S 72.7E1007 mbDisturbance
Mar 6, 18:0012.8S 72.1E1007 mbDisturbance
Mar 7, 00:0012.7S 71.4E1007 mbDisturbance
Mar 7, 06:0012.6S 70.8E1008 mbDisturbance
Mar 7, 12:0012.6S 70.3E1008 mbDisturbance
Mar 7, 18:0012.5S 69.5E1008 mbDisturbance
Mar 8, 00:0012.7S 68.6E1008 mbDisturbance
Mar 8, 06:0012.8S 68.0E1009 mbDisturbance
Mar 8, 12:0013.1S 67.6E1009 mbDisturbance
Mar 8, 18:0013.5S 67.0E1009 mbDisturbance
Mar 9, 00:0014.0S 66.3E1009 mbDisturbance
Mar 9, 06:0014.5S 65.5E1010 mbDisturbance
Mar 9, 12:0014.9S 64.5E1010 mbDisturbance
Mar 9, 18:0015.3S 63.3E1010 mbDisturbance
Mar 10, 00:0015.7S 62.0E1009 mbDisturbance
Mar 10, 06:0016.1S 60.8E1009 mbDisturbance
Mar 10, 12:0016.5S 59.8E1009 mbDisturbance
Mar 10, 18:0016.9S 58.9E1010 mbDisturbance
Mar 11, 00:0017.3S 58.2E1010 mbDisturbance
Mar 11, 06:0017.8S 57.4E1010 mbDisturbance

Other South Indian storms of 2006

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.