Cyclone Kara (2007)
Cyclone Kara reached Category 3 in the South Indian between March 23, 2007 and March 30, 2007, with a lowest pressure of 944 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Kara, 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
- March 23, 2007 to March 30, 2007
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 944 mb (27.88 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 5.8
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 80 nmi (148 km, 92 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 190 nmi (352 km, 219 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- SH202007
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 06:00 | 16.2S 124.5E | 15 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 23, 12:00 | 16.0S 123.9E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 23, 18:00 | 15.8S 123.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 24, 00:00 | 16.0S 121.7E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 24, 06:00 | 16.2S 120.5E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 24, 12:00 | 16.3S 119.3E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 24, 18:00 | 16.4S 118.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 25, 00:00 | 16.5S 117.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 25, 06:00 | 16.6S 116.7E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 25, 12:00 | 16.8S 116.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 25, 18:00 | 17.1S 115.6E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 26, 00:00 | 17.5S 115.3E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 26, 06:00 | 18.0S 115.2E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 26, 12:00 | 18.3S 115.5E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 26, 18:00 | 18.5S 116.1E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 27, 00:00 | 18.6S 116.8E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 27, 06:00 | 18.8S 117.8E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 27, 12:00 | 19.0S 119.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 27, 18:00 | 19.2S 120.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 28, 00:00 | 19.1S 120.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 28, 06:00 | 18.9S 121.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 28, 12:00 | 18.5S 121.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 28, 18:00 | 18.3S 121.6E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 29, 00:00 | 18.1S 121.5E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 29, 06:00 | 18.0S 121.4E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 29, 12:00 | 17.8S 120.9E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 29, 18:00 | 17.6S 120.5E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 30, 00:00 | 17.5S 120.1E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 2007
- Tropical Storm AnitaSouth Indian · 2007
- Cyclone BondoSouth 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 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.