Cyclone Sidr (2007)
Cyclone Sidr reached Category 5 in the North Indian between November 10, 2007 and November 16, 2007, with a lowest pressure of 918 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Sidr, 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
- November 10, 2007 to November 16, 2007
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 918 mb (27.11 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 21.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 170 nmi (315 km, 196 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 22 kt (25 mph)
- Identifier
- IO062007
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 06:00 | 9.6N 93.2E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 10, 12:00 | 9.7N 93.0E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 10, 18:00 | 9.8N 92.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 11, 00:00 | 10.0N 92.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 11, 06:00 | 10.1N 92.2E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 11, 12:00 | 10.2N 91.9E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 11, 18:00 | 10.3N 91.4E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 12, 00:00 | 10.4N 90.8E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 12, 06:00 | 10.7N 90.4E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 12, 12:00 | 11.1N 90.2E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 12, 18:00 | 11.6N 90.0E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 13, 00:00 | 12.0N 89.9E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 13, 06:00 | 12.5N 89.8E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 13, 12:00 | 13.0N 89.6E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 13, 18:00 | 13.7N 89.5E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 14, 00:00 | 14.3N 89.4E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 14, 06:00 | 15.0N 89.3E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 14, 12:00 | 15.8N 89.2E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Nov 14, 18:00 | 16.6N 89.2E | 140 kt | 918 mb | Super typhoon |
| Nov 15, 00:00 | 17.8N 89.2E | 140 kt | 918 mb | Super typhoon |
| Nov 15, 06:00 | 19.4N 89.2E | 140 kt | 918 mb | Super typhoon |
| Nov 15, 12:00 | 21.0N 89.4E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Nov 15, 18:00 | 22.6N 90.2E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 16, 00:00 | 24.3N 91.0E | 60 kt | 978 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.