Cyclone Floyd (2006)

Cyclone Floyd reached Category 4 in the South Indian between March 18, 2006 and March 27, 2006, with a lowest pressure of 927 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Floyd, 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: March 18, 2006 to March 27, 2006
Peak strength: Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
Lowest pressure: 927 mb (27.37 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 194 km (121 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 14.0
Identifier: SH192006

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Mar 18, 12:00	11.5S 118.9E	20 kt	1004 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 18, 18:00	11.5S 118.7E	20 kt	1004 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 19, 00:00	11.2S 118.5E	15 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Mar 19, 06:00	11.2S 118.3E	20 kt	1007 mb	Tropical depression
Mar 19, 12:00	11.3S 118.0E	20 kt	1007 mb	Tropical depression
Mar 19, 18:00	11.5S 117.7E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Mar 20, 00:00	11.6S 117.3E	15 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Mar 20, 06:00	11.8S 117.1E	15 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Mar 20, 12:00	12.0S 116.9E	20 kt	1007 mb	Tropical depression
Mar 20, 18:00	12.1S 116.6E	25 kt	1003 mb	Tropical depression
Mar 21, 00:00	12.3S 116.1E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Mar 21, 06:00	12.6S 115.5E	40 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 21, 12:00	12.9S 114.9E	40 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 21, 18:00	13.2S 114.0E	55 kt	984 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 22, 00:00	13.3S 113.2E	60 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 22, 06:00	13.2S 112.5E	60 kt	978 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 22, 12:00	13.2S 111.8E	70 kt	970 mb	Typhoon
Mar 22, 18:00	13.2S 111.0E	75 kt	967 mb	Typhoon
Mar 23, 00:00	13.3S 110.3E	75 kt	967 mb	Typhoon
Mar 23, 06:00	13.5S 109.5E	75 kt	967 mb	Typhoon
Mar 23, 12:00	14.1S 109.0E	90 kt	956 mb	Typhoon
Mar 23, 18:00	14.7S 108.4E	105 kt	938 mb	Typhoon
Mar 24, 00:00	15.1S 108.2E	115 kt	927 mb	Typhoon
Mar 24, 06:00	15.8S 108.2E	115 kt	927 mb	Typhoon
Mar 24, 12:00	16.5S 108.4E	115 kt	927 mb	Typhoon
Mar 24, 18:00	17.2S 108.6E	95 kt	952 mb	Typhoon
Mar 25, 00:00	17.6S 109.2E	90 kt	954 mb	Typhoon
Mar 25, 06:00	18.2S 110.1E	90 kt	954 mb	Typhoon
Mar 25, 12:00	18.8S 111.1E	80 kt	963 mb	Typhoon
Mar 25, 18:00	19.2S 111.9E	75 kt	967 mb	Typhoon
Mar 26, 00:00	19.1S 112.1E	60 kt	980 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 26, 06:00	19.4S 112.2E	50 kt	987 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 26, 12:00	19.7S 112.3E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 26, 18:00	20.3S 112.3E	35 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 27, 00:00	20.9S 111.8E	30 kt	1000 mb	Extratropical
Mar 27, 06:00	21.5S 111.4E	25 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm

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.