Tropical Storm Khai-Muk (2008)
Tropical Storm Khai-Muk peaked at 45 kt in the North Indian between November 11, 2008 and November 16, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 989 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Khai-Muk, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- North Indian
- Dates
- November 11, 2008 to November 16, 2008
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 989 mb (29.21 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.5
- Identifier
- IO052008
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 11, 18:00 | 10.5N 89.0E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 12, 00:00 | 10.9N 89.2E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 12, 06:00 | 11.4N 88.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 12, 12:00 | 11.5N 87.8E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 12, 18:00 | 11.6N 86.9E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 13, 00:00 | 11.6N 86.0E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 13, 06:00 | 11.7N 85.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 13, 12:00 | 11.9N 85.4E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 13, 18:00 | 12.4N 85.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 14, 00:00 | 13.0N 85.2E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 14, 06:00 | 13.6N 84.8E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 14, 12:00 | 14.0N 84.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 14, 18:00 | 14.4N 83.5E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 15, 00:00 | 14.3N 82.9E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 15, 06:00 | 14.2N 82.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 15, 12:00 | 14.4N 81.6E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 15, 18:00 | 14.5N 80.7E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 16, 00:00 | 14.8N 79.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 16, 06:00 | 15.4N 78.8E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Indian storms of 2008
- Cyclone NargisNorth Indian · 2008 · 138,373 deaths
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2008
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2008
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 2008
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm RashmiNorth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm NishaNorth Indian · 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 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.