Cyclone Gula (2008)

Cyclone Gula reached Category 2 in the South Indian between January 25, 2008 and February 3, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 956 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Gula, 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: January 25, 2008 to February 3, 2008
Peak strength: Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Lowest pressure: 956 mb (28.23 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 147 km (91 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 8.5
Identifier: SH142008

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Jan 25, 18:00	10.7S 63.5E	20 kt	1005 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 26, 00:00	10.2S 61.9E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Jan 26, 06:00	10.9S 62.0E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Jan 26, 12:00	11.5S 62.1E	25 kt	1003 mb	Tropical depression
Jan 26, 18:00	12.1S 62.2E	30 kt	1001 mb	Tropical depression
Jan 27, 00:00	12.7S 62.4E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 27, 06:00	13.3S 62.6E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 27, 12:00	13.8S 62.8E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 27, 18:00	14.3S 62.8E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 28, 00:00	14.6S 62.7E	50 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 28, 06:00	14.8S 62.5E	55 kt	982 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 28, 12:00	14.8S 62.2E	65 kt	974 mb	Typhoon
Jan 28, 18:00	14.7S 62.0E	70 kt	970 mb	Typhoon
Jan 29, 00:00	14.7S 61.8E	85 kt	959 mb	Typhoon
Jan 29, 06:00	14.7S 61.5E	90 kt	956 mb	Typhoon
Jan 29, 12:00	14.8S 61.1E	90 kt	956 mb	Typhoon
Jan 29, 18:00	14.9S 60.7E	85 kt	959 mb	Typhoon
Jan 30, 00:00	15.3S 60.2E	80 kt	963 mb	Typhoon
Jan 30, 06:00	15.9S 60.1E	75 kt	967 mb	Typhoon
Jan 30, 12:00	16.5S 60.0E	70 kt	970 mb	Typhoon
Jan 30, 18:00	17.4S 59.7E	60 kt	978 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 31, 00:00	18.5S 59.5E	55 kt	982 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 31, 06:00	20.0S 59.3E	50 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 31, 12:00	22.2S 58.4E	45 kt	982 mb	Tropical storm
Jan 31, 18:00	24.4S 57.3E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Feb 1, 00:00	25.7S 55.6E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Feb 1, 06:00	26.5S 54.9E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Feb 1, 12:00	27.0S 54.9E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Feb 1, 18:00	28.0S 55.7E	53 kt	982 mb	Extratropical
Feb 2, 00:00	29.8S 56.8E	55 kt	980 mb	Extratropical
Feb 2, 06:00	31.4S 57.9E	50 kt	983 mb	Extratropical
Feb 2, 12:00	33.6S 59.6E	55 kt	982 mb	Extratropical
Feb 2, 18:00	35.7S 61.5E	55 kt	980 mb	Extratropical
Feb 3, 00:00	38.3S 64.0E	47 kt	978 mb	Extratropical
Feb 3, 06:00	40.2S 67.3E	50 kt	977 mb	Extratropical
Feb 3, 12:00	41.6S 70.3E	55 kt	976 mb	Extratropical

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.