The 2007 season

Cyclone Humba (2007)

Cyclone Humba reached Category 1 in the South Indian between February 20, 2007 and March 4, 2007, with a lowest pressure of 963 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Humba, 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 20, 2007 to March 4, 2007
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
963 mb (28.44 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1106 km (687 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
6.9
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
115 nmi (213 km, 132 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
Overall size
230 nmi (426 km, 265 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
53 kt (61 mph)
Identifier
SH162007

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Feb 20, 12:009.6S 92.9ETropical storm
Feb 20, 18:009.9S 91.5E25 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Feb 21, 00:0010.3S 90.3E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Feb 21, 06:0010.5S 89.1E25 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Feb 21, 12:0010.8S 87.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 21, 18:0010.9S 86.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 22, 00:0011.1S 85.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 22, 06:0011.3S 84.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 22, 12:0011.6S 83.9E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Feb 22, 18:0011.8S 83.3E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Feb 23, 00:0012.3S 82.6E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 23, 06:0013.0S 81.8E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Feb 23, 12:0013.7S 81.1E55 kt984 mbTropical storm
Feb 23, 18:0014.4S 80.4E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Feb 24, 00:0015.1S 79.8E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Feb 24, 06:0015.8S 79.6E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Feb 24, 12:0016.6S 79.5E65 kt976 mbTyphoon
Feb 24, 18:0017.5S 79.5E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Feb 25, 00:0018.4S 79.2E75 kt967 mbTyphoon
Feb 25, 06:0019.3S 78.8E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Feb 25, 12:0020.1S 78.2E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Feb 25, 18:0020.9S 77.5E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Feb 26, 00:0021.8S 77.4E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Feb 26, 06:0022.7S 77.5E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 26, 12:0023.6S 77.7E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Feb 26, 18:0024.5S 78.0E50 kt987 mbTropical storm
Feb 27, 00:0025.2S 78.6E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Feb 27, 06:0026.3S 78.9E40 kt994 mbExtratropical
Feb 27, 12:0027.9S 79.1E40 kt994 mbExtratropical
Feb 27, 18:0029.2S 79.0E40 kt994 mbExtratropical
Feb 28, 00:0029.8S 78.5E25 kt1002 mbExtratropical
Feb 28, 06:0029.7S 78.0E25 kt1002 mbExtratropical
Feb 28, 12:0029.5S 78.5E25 kt1002 mbExtratropical
Feb 28, 18:0029.6S 79.0E25 kt1002 mbExtratropical
Mar 1, 00:0029.2S 79.3E25 kt1002 mbExtratropical
Mar 1, 06:0028.9S 79.7E20 kt1007 mbExtratropical
Mar 1, 12:0029.3S 81.0E40 kt991 mbExtratropical
Mar 1, 18:0031.1S 82.4E40 kt990 mbExtratropical
Mar 2, 00:0032.5S 84.0E40 kt990 mbExtratropical
Mar 2, 06:0033.4S 85.1E43 kt988 mbExtratropical
Mar 2, 12:0034.5S 85.4E45 kt987 mbExtratropical
Mar 2, 18:0034.8S 85.4E43 kt988 mbExtratropical
Mar 3, 00:0034.9S 85.5E43 kt988 mbExtratropical
Mar 3, 06:0034.7S 86.7E40 kt990 mbExtratropical
Mar 3, 12:0035.5S 88.8E40 kt990 mbExtratropical
Mar 3, 18:0037.6S 90.7EExtratropical
Mar 4, 00:0041.8S 93.9EExtratropical

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.