The 2008 season

Tropical Storm Celina (2008)

Tropical Storm Celina peaked at 40 kt in the South Indian between December 11, 2007 and December 23, 2007, with a lowest pressure of 993 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Celina, 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
December 11, 2007 to December 23, 2007
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
Lowest pressure
993 mb (29.32 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 56 km (35 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.6
Identifier
SH062008

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Dec 11, 18:0011.6S 72.6E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Dec 12, 00:0011.9S 72.1E20 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Dec 12, 06:0012.2S 71.6E20 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Dec 12, 12:0013.4S 70.3E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Dec 12, 18:0013.5S 70.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 13, 00:0013.6S 70.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 13, 06:0013.7S 70.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 13, 12:0013.8S 69.9E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 13, 18:0013.9S 69.7E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 14, 00:0014.0S 69.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 14, 06:0014.2S 69.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 14, 12:0014.4S 69.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 14, 18:0014.5S 69.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 15, 00:0014.6S 68.7E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 15, 06:0015.1S 68.1E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 15, 12:0015.6S 67.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 15, 18:0015.9S 66.9E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 16, 00:0016.2S 66.2E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 16, 06:0016.5S 65.4E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 16, 12:0016.9S 64.7E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 16, 18:0017.4S 63.9E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 17, 00:0018.5S 63.1E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 17, 06:0019.4S 62.1E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 17, 12:0020.1S 61.1E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Dec 17, 18:0020.5S 60.7E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Dec 18, 00:0020.8S 60.3E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Dec 18, 06:0021.1S 60.0E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Dec 18, 12:0021.4S 59.7E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 18, 18:0021.7S 59.4E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Dec 19, 00:0022.0S 59.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 19, 06:0022.2S 58.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 19, 12:0022.4S 57.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 19, 18:0022.6S 57.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 20, 00:0022.6S 56.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 20, 06:0022.1S 55.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 20, 12:0021.6S 54.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 20, 18:0021.2S 54.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 21, 00:0021.2S 53.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 21, 06:0021.0S 52.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Dec 21, 12:0021.0S 51.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Dec 21, 18:0020.8S 51.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Dec 22, 00:0020.6S 50.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Dec 22, 06:0020.5S 50.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Dec 22, 12:0020.4S 50.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Dec 22, 18:0020.3S 50.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Dec 23, 00:0020.5S 50.1E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Dec 23, 06:0020.8S 49.9E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Dec 23, 12:0021.6S 50.3E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Dec 23, 18:0022.5S 50.0E20 kt1007 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.