Cyclone Ophelia (2008)

Basin

South Indian

Dates

February 26, 2008 to March 7, 2008

Peak strength

Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)

Lowest pressure

974 mb (28.76 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

6.2

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

85 nmi (157 km, 98 mi) from the center at its widest

Overall size

215 nmi (398 km, 247 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Fastest the center moved

11 kt (13 mph)

Identifier

SH212008

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

• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2008Tropical Storm40 kt · 993 mb
• Tropical Storm Ariel:LeeSouth Indian · 2008Tropical Storm60 kt · 978 mb
• Cyclone BongweSouth Indian · 2008Cat 165 kt · 974 mb
• Tropical Storm CelinaSouth Indian · 2008Tropical Storm40 kt · 993 mb
• Tropical Storm DamaSouth Indian · 2008Tropical Storm50 kt · 985 mb
• Tropical Storm MelanieSouth Indian · 2008Tropical Storm60 kt · 978 mb
• Tropical Storm ElnusSouth Indian · 2008Tropical Storm40 kt · 993 mb
• Tropical Storm HelenSouth Indian · 2008Tropical Storm50 kt · 985 mb
• Cyclone FameSouth Indian · 2008Cat 285 kt · 959 mb
• Cyclone GulaSouth Indian · 2008Cat 290 kt · 956 mb
• Cyclone HondoSouth Indian · 2008Cat 4130 kt · 926 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2008Tropical Storm40 kt · 993 mb
• Cyclone IvanSouth Indian · 2008Cat 4125 kt · 929 mb
• Cyclone NicholasSouth Indian · 2008Cat 180 kt · 963 mb
• Cyclone JokweSouth Indian · 2008Cat 3110 kt · 941 mb
• Cyclone KambaSouth Indian · 2008Cat 4115 kt · 937 mb
• Tropical Storm LolaSouth Indian · 2008Tropical Storm35 kt · 996 mb
• Cyclone PanchoSouth Indian · 2008Cat 3100 kt · 948 mb
• Tropical Storm DurgaSouth Indian · 2008Tropical Storm40 kt · 993 mb
• Tropical Storm RosieSouth Indian · 2008Tropical Storm50 kt · 985 mb

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.

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.

• Wikipedia article: Cyclone Ophelia