Cyclone Glenda (2006)
Cyclone Glenda reached Category 4 in the South Indian between March 22, 2006 and March 31, 2006, with a lowest pressure of 922 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Glenda, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- South Indian
- Dates
- March 22, 2006 to March 31, 2006
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 922 mb (27.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 14.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 135 nmi (250 km, 155 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 235 nmi (435 km, 270 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 13 kt (15 mph)
- Identifier
- SH202006
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 22, 00:00 | 14.0S 128.5E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 22, 06:00 | 14.0S 128.3E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 22, 12:00 | 13.9S 128.4E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 22, 18:00 | 14.0S 128.3E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 23, 00:00 | 14.0S 128.2E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 23, 06:00 | 14.2S 128.4E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 23, 12:00 | 14.1S 128.6E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 23, 18:00 | 14.5S 128.8E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 24, 00:00 | 14.9S 129.0E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 24, 06:00 | 15.3S 128.9E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 24, 12:00 | 15.5S 128.4E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 24, 18:00 | 15.3S 127.7E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 25, 00:00 | 15.2S 127.4E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 25, 06:00 | 15.1S 127.2E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 25, 12:00 | 15.0S 126.9E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 25, 18:00 | 14.9S 126.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 26, 00:00 | 14.9S 125.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 26, 06:00 | 14.9S 125.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 26, 12:00 | 14.9S 125.0E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 26, 18:00 | 15.0S 124.7E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 27, 00:00 | 15.0S 124.3E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 27, 06:00 | 15.1S 123.6E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 27, 12:00 | 15.5S 123.0E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 27, 18:00 | 15.6S 122.2E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 28, 00:00 | 15.8S 121.6E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 28, 06:00 | 16.1S 121.1E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 28, 12:00 | 16.7S 120.4E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 28, 18:00 | 17.1S 119.5E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 29, 00:00 | 17.5S 118.6E | 120 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 29, 06:00 | 17.9S 117.9E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 29, 12:00 | 18.3S 117.3E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 29, 18:00 | 18.9S 116.9E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 30, 00:00 | 19.5S 116.5E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 30, 06:00 | 20.6S 115.9E | 100 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 30, 12:00 | 21.6S 115.1E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 30, 18:00 | 22.4S 115.1E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 31, 00:00 | 23.3S 115.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 31, 06:00 | 24.6S 114.8E | 25 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 2006
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2006
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2006
- Cyclone Alvin:BertieSouth Indian · 2006
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2006
- Tropical Storm ClareSouth Indian · 2006
- Tropical Storm DarylSouth Indian · 2006
- Cyclone BoloetseSouth Indian · 2006
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2006
- Cyclone CarinaSouth Indian · 2006
- Tropical Storm EmmaSouth Indian · 2006
- Tropical Storm DiwaSouth Indian · 2006
- Cyclone FloydSouth Indian · 2006
- Tropical Storm HubertSouth Indian · 2006
- Tropical Storm EliaSouth Indian · 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.