Cyclone Mala (2006)
Cyclone Mala reached Category 4 in the North Indian between April 24, 2006 and April 29, 2006, with a lowest pressure of 922 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Mala, 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
- North Indian
- Dates
- April 24, 2006 to April 29, 2006
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 922 mb (27.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 10.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 45 nmi (83 km, 52 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 5 nmi (9 km, 6 mi)
- Overall size
- 190 nmi (352 km, 219 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- IO022006
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 06:00 | 8.4N 90.1E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 24, 12:00 | 8.6N 89.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
| Apr 24, 18:00 | 9.0N 89.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Apr 25, 00:00 | 9.3N 89.7E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical cyclone |
| Apr 25, 06:00 | 9.7N 89.6E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical cyclone |
| Apr 25, 12:00 | 10.0N 89.6E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical cyclone |
| Apr 25, 18:00 | 10.3N 89.8E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical cyclone |
| Apr 26, 00:00 | 10.3N 90.3E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical cyclone |
| Apr 26, 06:00 | 11.1N 90.6E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical cyclone |
| Apr 26, 12:00 | 11.9N 90.6E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical cyclone |
| Apr 26, 18:00 | 12.2N 90.3E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical cyclone |
| Apr 27, 00:00 | 12.1N 89.8E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical cyclone |
| Apr 27, 06:00 | 12.6N 89.9E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 27, 12:00 | 12.9N 90.5E | 70 kt | 972 mb | Tropical cyclone |
| Apr 27, 18:00 | 13.5N 91.0E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Tropical cyclone |
| Apr 28, 00:00 | 14.2N 91.7E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Tropical cyclone |
| Apr 28, 06:00 | 14.9N 92.2E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Tropical cyclone |
| Apr 28, 12:00 | 15.6N 92.8E | 120 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 28, 18:00 | 16.3N 93.4E | 120 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 29, 00:00 | 16.9N 93.9E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Tropical cyclone |
| Apr 29, 06:00 | 17.6N 94.4E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Apr 29, 12:00 | 18.4N 95.4E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Tropical cyclone |
| Apr 29, 18:00 | 19.0N 96.0E | Tropical storm |
Other North Indian storms of 2006
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 2006
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 2006
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2006
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2006
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2006
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2006
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2006
- Tropical Storm MukdaNorth Indian · 2006
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2006
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 2006
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth 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.