The 2007 season

Cyclone Gamede (2007)

Cyclone Gamede reached Category 3 in the South Indian between February 19, 2007 and March 6, 2007, with a lowest pressure of 938 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Gamede, 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.

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The storm

Basin
South Indian
Dates
February 19, 2007 to March 6, 2007
Peak strength
Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
Lowest pressure
938 mb (27.70 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 235 km (146 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
23.7
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
170 nmi (315 km, 196 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
Overall size
280 nmi (519 km, 322 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
16 kt (18 mph)
Identifier
SH152007

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Feb 19, 06:0016.4S 79.4E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Feb 19, 12:0016.3S 78.9E15 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Feb 19, 18:0016.2S 78.2E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Feb 20, 00:0016.1S 77.5E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Feb 20, 06:0015.8S 76.5E25 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Feb 20, 12:0015.3S 75.1E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Feb 20, 18:0014.4S 74.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 21, 00:0014.4S 72.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 21, 06:0014.3S 70.9E35 kt997 mbTropical cyclone
Feb 21, 12:0014.0S 69.4E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Feb 21, 18:0014.1S 67.9E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Feb 22, 00:0014.2S 66.5E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 22, 06:0014.4S 65.1E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Feb 22, 12:0014.7S 63.9E70 kt972 mbTropical cyclone
Feb 22, 18:0015.1S 62.9E80 kt967 mbTropical cyclone
Feb 23, 00:0015.6S 61.8E85 kt958 mbTropical cyclone
Feb 23, 06:0016.3S 60.8E90 kt954 mbTropical cyclone
Feb 23, 12:0016.4S 59.6E90 kt954 mbTropical cyclone
Feb 23, 18:0016.7S 58.7E100 kt944 mbTropical cyclone
Feb 24, 00:0017.1S 58.0E100 kt948 mbTyphoon
Feb 24, 06:0017.6S 57.3E95 kt952 mbTyphoon
Feb 24, 12:0018.1S 56.6E95 kt949 mbTyphoon
Feb 24, 18:0018.6S 55.9E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Feb 25, 00:0018.9S 55.1E90 kt956 mbTyphoon
Feb 25, 06:0018.7S 54.4E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Feb 25, 12:0018.3S 54.2E95 kt949 mbTyphoon
Feb 25, 18:0018.5S 54.1E105 kt938 mbTyphoon
Feb 26, 00:0018.4S 53.6E105 kt938 mbTyphoon
Feb 26, 06:0018.3S 53.2E105 kt944 mbTyphoon
Feb 26, 12:0018.1S 52.9E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Feb 26, 18:0018.4S 53.0E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Feb 27, 00:0018.7S 53.0E90 kt954 mbTyphoon
Feb 27, 06:0019.3S 53.0E85 kt958 mbTyphoon
Feb 27, 12:0020.2S 52.8E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Feb 27, 18:0021.3S 52.7E75 kt963 mbTyphoon
Feb 28, 00:0022.8S 52.4E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Feb 28, 06:0024.1S 51.5E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Feb 28, 12:0025.4S 50.8E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Feb 28, 18:0026.4S 50.1E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Mar 1, 00:0027.6S 49.9E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Mar 1, 06:0028.7S 49.5E70 kt972 mbTyphoon
Mar 1, 12:0029.7S 49.0E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Mar 1, 18:0030.2S 48.7E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Mar 2, 00:0030.7S 48.4E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Mar 2, 06:0031.4S 48.7E35 kt997 mbExtratropical
Mar 2, 12:0032.1S 49.0E35 kt997 mbExtratropical
Mar 2, 18:0032.5S 49.3E35 kt997 mbExtratropical
Mar 3, 00:0032.9S 49.6E35 kt997 mbExtratropical
Mar 3, 06:0033.0S 50.0E40 kt977 mbExtratropical
Mar 3, 12:0033.1S 50.1E40 kt977 mbExtratropical
Mar 3, 18:0033.0S 50.0E40 kt978 mbExtratropical
Mar 4, 00:0032.9S 49.7E40 kt980 mbExtratropical
Mar 4, 06:0032.4S 49.7E37 kt983 mbExtratropical
Mar 4, 12:0032.2S 49.7E35 kt985 mbExtratropical
Mar 4, 18:0032.4S 49.2E33 kt990 mbExtratropical
Mar 5, 00:0032.3S 48.8E30 kt994 mbExtratropical
Mar 5, 06:0032.4S 48.4E30 kt995 mbExtratropical
Mar 5, 12:0032.6S 47.5E27 kt998 mbDisturbance
Mar 5, 18:0032.9S 46.2E25 kt1000 mbDisturbance
Mar 6, 00:0033.1S 44.9E25 kt1000 mbDisturbance
Mar 6, 06:0033.2S 43.6E23 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Mar 6, 12:0033.6S 43.1E23 kt1003 mbDisturbance

Other South 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.