The 2008 season

Tropical Storm Ariel:Lee (2008)

Tropical Storm Ariel:Lee peaked at 60 kt in the South Indian between November 11, 2007 and November 28, 2007, with a lowest pressure of 978 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Ariel:Lee, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2008 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
November 11, 2007 to November 28, 2007
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
Lowest pressure
978 mb (28.88 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 575 km (357 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
4.1
Identifier
SH032008

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Nov 11, 00:005.3S 95.2E15 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 11, 06:004.5S 94.5E15 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 11, 12:003.3S 93.7E15 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 11, 18:003.6S 93.5E15 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 12, 00:003.8S 93.4E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 12, 06:004.3S 93.7E20 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 12, 12:004.8S 93.8E20 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 12, 18:006.2S 93.2E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 13, 00:006.4S 92.6E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 13, 06:006.3S 92.0E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 13, 12:006.6S 91.4E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Nov 13, 18:007.1S 91.1E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Nov 14, 00:007.8S 91.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 14, 06:008.4S 91.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 14, 12:009.3S 91.4E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Nov 14, 18:009.9S 91.0E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Nov 15, 00:0010.5S 90.6E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Nov 15, 06:0010.9S 90.2E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Nov 15, 12:0011.3S 89.8E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Nov 15, 18:0011.6S 89.4E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 00:0012.0S 89.1E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 06:0011.9S 88.6E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 12:0011.7S 88.2E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Nov 16, 18:0011.6S 87.9E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 00:0011.5S 87.7E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 06:0011.7S 87.5E45 kt993 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 12:0012.0S 87.4E40 kt989 mbTropical storm
Nov 17, 18:0011.9S 87.1E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 00:0012.1S 86.9E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 06:0012.4S 87.1E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 12:0012.8S 87.2E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 18, 18:0013.3S 87.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 19, 00:0013.6S 88.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 19, 06:0013.9S 88.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 19, 12:0013.9S 89.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 19, 18:0013.9S 89.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 20, 00:0013.8S 89.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 20, 06:0013.6S 90.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Nov 20, 12:0013.4S 90.3E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 20, 18:0013.1S 90.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 21, 00:0012.8S 90.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Nov 21, 06:0012.6S 90.5E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 21, 12:0012.4S 90.5E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 21, 18:0012.2S 90.5E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 22, 00:0012.0S 90.5E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 22, 06:0011.8S 90.4E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 22, 12:0011.6S 90.3E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 22, 18:0011.5S 90.1E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 23, 00:0011.4S 89.9E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 23, 06:0011.2S 89.6E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 23, 12:0011.1S 89.3E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 23, 18:0011.3S 89.1E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 24, 00:0011.6S 89.2E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 24, 06:0012.1S 89.3E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Nov 24, 12:0012.1S 89.0E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Nov 24, 18:0012.0S 88.6E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Nov 25, 00:0011.9S 88.1E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Nov 25, 06:0011.8S 87.7E1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 25, 12:0011.8S 87.2E1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 25, 18:0012.0S 86.9E1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 26, 00:0012.2S 86.4E1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 26, 06:0012.4S 85.5E1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 26, 12:0012.6S 84.4E1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 26, 18:0012.8S 82.9E1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 27, 00:0013.0S 81.3E1007 mbDisturbance
Nov 27, 06:0013.1S 79.8E1008 mbDisturbance
Nov 27, 12:0013.1S 78.5E1008 mbDisturbance
Nov 27, 18:0012.6S 76.8E1008 mbDisturbance
Nov 28, 00:0011.9S 75.6E1008 mbDisturbance
Nov 28, 06:0011.4S 74.2E1009 mbDisturbance

Other South Indian storms of 2008

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.