Cyclone Bondo (2007)
Cyclone Bondo reached Category 4 in the South Indian between December 15, 2006 and December 28, 2006, with a lowest pressure of 904 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Bondo, 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
- South Indian
- Dates
- December 15, 2006 to December 28, 2006
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 135 kt (155 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 904 mb (26.70 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 28.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 145 nmi (269 km, 167 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 35 nmi (65 km, 40 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- SH052007
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 12:00 | 7.0S 71.0E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 15, 18:00 | 7.1S 70.0E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 16, 00:00 | 7.3S 69.1E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 16, 06:00 | 7.3S 68.2E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 16, 12:00 | 7.8S 67.2E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 16, 18:00 | 8.6S 66.5E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 17, 00:00 | 9.3S 65.8E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 17, 06:00 | 9.9S 65.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 17, 12:00 | 10.4S 65.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 17, 18:00 | 10.7S 65.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 18, 00:00 | 10.8S 64.4E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 06:00 | 11.0S 63.7E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 12:00 | 11.1S 62.6E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 18, 18:00 | 11.1S 61.4E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 19, 00:00 | 10.8S 60.3E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 19, 06:00 | 10.5S 59.4E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 19, 12:00 | 10.6S 58.5E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 19, 18:00 | 10.7S 57.4E | 135 kt | 904 mb | Super typhoon |
| Dec 20, 00:00 | 10.8S 56.0E | 135 kt | 904 mb | Super typhoon |
| Dec 20, 06:00 | 10.6S 55.0E | 130 kt | 910 mb | Super typhoon |
| Dec 20, 12:00 | 10.2S 54.1E | 120 kt | 922 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 20, 18:00 | 9.9S 53.1E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 21, 00:00 | 9.6S 52.2E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 21, 06:00 | 9.5S 51.5E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 21, 12:00 | 9.8S 51.0E | 110 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 21, 18:00 | 10.2S 50.6E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 22, 00:00 | 10.4S 50.3E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Tropical cyclone |
| Dec 22, 06:00 | 10.6S 50.1E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 22, 12:00 | 10.7S 50.0E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 22, 18:00 | 10.8S 49.9E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 23, 00:00 | 11.0S 49.9E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 23, 06:00 | 11.5S 49.7E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 23, 12:00 | 11.7S 49.3E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 23, 18:00 | 11.8S 48.9E | 100 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 24, 00:00 | 12.3S 48.6E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 24, 06:00 | 12.7S 48.1E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 24, 12:00 | 13.2S 47.7E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 24, 18:00 | 13.7S 47.4E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 25, 00:00 | 14.4S 47.2E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 25, 06:00 | 14.9S 46.8E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 25, 12:00 | 15.4S 46.5E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 25, 18:00 | 16.3S 46.2E | 50 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 00:00 | 17.5S 45.9E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 26, 06:00 | 18.9S 45.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 26, 12:00 | 19.7S 43.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 26, 18:00 | 20.6S 42.8E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 27, 00:00 | 20.6S 43.0E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 27, 06:00 | 21.3S 42.6E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 27, 12:00 | 22.2S 42.6E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 27, 18:00 | 23.0S 42.9E | 15 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 28, 00:00 | 24.0S 42.8E | 15 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 28, 06:00 | 25.0S 42.3E | 15 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
Other South Indian storms of 2007
- Tropical Storm AnitaSouth Indian · 2007
- Cyclone ClovisSouth Indian · 2007
- Tropical Storm IsobelSouth Indian · 2007
- Cyclone DoraSouth Indian · 2007
- Tropical Storm EnokSouth Indian · 2007
- Cyclone FavioSouth Indian · 2007
- Cyclone GamedeSouth Indian · 2007
- Cyclone HumbaSouth Indian · 2007
- Cyclone JacobSouth Indian · 2007
- Cyclone IndlalaSouth Indian · 2007
- Cyclone KaraSouth Indian · 2007
- Cyclone JayaSouth Indian · 2007
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 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.