Tropical Storm Dama (2008)

Tropical Storm Dama peaked at 50 kt in the South Indian between December 17, 2007 and December 24, 2007, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Dama, 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 17, 2007 to December 24, 2007
Peak strength: Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
Lowest pressure: 985 mb (29.09 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 1644 km (1022 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 2.2
Identifier: SH072008

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Dec 17, 12:00	12.1S 87.7E	25 kt	1003 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 17, 18:00	12.5S 87.0E	25 kt	1006 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 18, 00:00	12.9S 86.3E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 18, 06:00	13.2S 85.5E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Dec 18, 12:00	13.4S 84.6E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 18, 18:00	13.6S 83.7E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 19, 00:00	13.7S 82.8E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 19, 06:00	13.9S 82.3E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 19, 12:00	14.3S 82.0E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 19, 18:00	14.9S 82.0E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 20, 00:00	15.5S 82.3E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 20, 06:00	16.4S 83.3E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 20, 12:00	17.4S 84.3E	50 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 20, 18:00	18.4S 85.4E	50 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 21, 00:00	19.3S 86.8E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Dec 21, 06:00	20.4S 88.4E	40 kt	993 mb	Extratropical
Dec 21, 12:00	21.2S 90.5E	30 kt	1000 mb	Extratropical
Dec 21, 18:00	20.9S 90.2E			Extratropical
Dec 22, 00:00	21.6S 90.7E			Extratropical
Dec 22, 06:00	22.5S 90.9E			Extratropical
Dec 22, 12:00	23.4S 90.9E			Extratropical
Dec 22, 18:00	23.9S 90.4E			Extratropical
Dec 23, 00:00	24.5S 89.8E	25 kt	1003 mb	Extratropical
Dec 23, 06:00	24.9S 89.9E	25 kt	1004 mb	Extratropical
Dec 23, 12:00	25.5S 90.0E	25 kt	1005 mb	Disturbance
Dec 23, 18:00	26.2S 90.0E	20 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Dec 24, 00:00	26.9S 90.0E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance

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.