Cyclone Pancho (2008)
Cyclone Pancho reached Category 3 in the South Indian between March 23, 2008 and March 30, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 948 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Pancho, 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
- South Indian
- Dates
- March 23, 2008 to March 30, 2008
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 948 mb (27.99 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 173 km (107 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 9.0
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 125 nmi (232 km, 144 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 415 nmi (769 km, 478 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 13 kt (15 mph)
- Identifier
- SH262008
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 06:00 | 12.0S 102.0E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 23, 12:00 | 12.1S 102.2E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 23, 18:00 | 11.9S 102.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 24, 00:00 | 12.3S 102.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 24, 06:00 | 12.7S 102.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 24, 12:00 | 13.1S 103.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 24, 18:00 | 13.5S 103.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 25, 00:00 | 13.8S 103.8E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 25, 06:00 | 14.2S 104.0E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 25, 12:00 | 14.6S 104.1E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 25, 18:00 | 15.0S 104.2E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 26, 00:00 | 15.5S 104.4E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 26, 06:00 | 16.2S 104.7E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 26, 12:00 | 17.1S 105.2E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 26, 18:00 | 18.2S 105.5E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 27, 00:00 | 19.3S 105.9E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 27, 06:00 | 20.5S 106.3E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 27, 12:00 | 21.6S 106.9E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 27, 18:00 | 22.6S 107.5E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 28, 00:00 | 23.5S 108.2E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 28, 06:00 | 24.2S 108.8E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 28, 12:00 | 24.8S 109.4E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 28, 18:00 | 25.1S 110.2E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 29, 00:00 | 25.1S 110.8E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 29, 06:00 | 25.4S 111.3E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 29, 12:00 | 25.5S 111.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 29, 18:00 | 25.8S 111.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 30, 00:00 | 25.9S 111.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 30, 06:00 | 26.0S 111.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
Other South Indian storms of 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm Ariel:LeeSouth Indian · 2008
- Cyclone BongweSouth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm CelinaSouth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm DamaSouth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm MelanieSouth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm ElnusSouth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm HelenSouth Indian · 2008
- Cyclone FameSouth Indian · 2008
- Cyclone GulaSouth Indian · 2008
- Cyclone HondoSouth Indian · 2008
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2008
- Cyclone IvanSouth Indian · 2008
- Cyclone NicholasSouth Indian · 2008
- Cyclone OpheliaSouth Indian · 2008
- Cyclone JokweSouth Indian · 2008
- Cyclone KambaSouth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm LolaSouth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm DurgaSouth Indian · 2008
- Tropical Storm RosieSouth 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.