The 2008 season

Unnamed tropical storm (2008)

Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 40 kt in the South Indian between July 26, 2007 and August 1, 2007, with a lowest pressure of 993 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, 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
July 26, 2007 to August 1, 2007
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
Lowest pressure
993 mb (29.32 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1171 km (728 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.5
Identifier
SH012008

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 26, 12:003.0S 86.3ETropical storm
Jul 26, 18:003.4S 86.3ETropical storm
Jul 27, 00:003.7S 86.2ETropical storm
Jul 27, 06:004.1S 86.1ETropical storm
Jul 27, 12:004.4S 86.1ETropical storm
Jul 27, 18:004.8S 86.0ETropical storm
Jul 28, 00:005.3S 86.0ETropical storm
Jul 28, 06:006.0S 86.0ETropical storm
Jul 28, 12:005.9S 86.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jul 28, 18:006.8S 87.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jul 29, 00:007.8S 88.4E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jul 29, 06:008.8S 89.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jul 29, 12:009.6S 90.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jul 29, 18:0010.4S 90.6E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 00:0011.0S 91.1E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 06:0011.6S 91.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 12:0012.0S 91.7E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 18:0012.3S 91.4E25 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Jul 31, 00:0012.3S 90.8E25 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Jul 31, 06:0012.0S 89.9ETropical storm
Jul 31, 12:0012.0S 89.6ETropical storm
Jul 31, 18:0012.0S 88.8ETropical storm
Aug 1, 00:0012.0S 87.9ETropical storm

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.