Cyclone Akash (2007)
Cyclone Akash reached Category 1 in the North Indian between May 13, 2007 and May 15, 2007, with a lowest pressure of 976 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Akash, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2007 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
- May 13, 2007 to May 15, 2007
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 976 mb (28.82 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 70 nmi (130 km, 81 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 19 kt (22 mph)
- Identifier
- IO012007
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 00:00 | 14.4N 91.2E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| May 13, 06:00 | 14.9N 91.3E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
| May 13, 12:00 | 15.6N 91.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| May 13, 18:00 | 16.3N 91.3E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 14, 00:00 | 17.3N 91.7E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 14, 06:00 | 18.5N 91.7E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 14, 12:00 | 19.8N 91.9E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 14, 18:00 | 21.2N 92.1E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| May 15, 00:00 | 23.0N 92.4E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North Indian storms of 2007
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.