The 2008 season

Unnamed tropical storm (2008)

Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 40 kt in the South Indian between February 3, 2008 and February 11, 2008, 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
February 3, 2008 to February 11, 2008
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
Lowest pressure
993 mb (29.32 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 566 km (352 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
1.4
Identifier
SH172008

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Feb 3, 00:0011.5S 103.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Feb 3, 06:0012.7S 102.2E25 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Feb 3, 12:0014.4S 100.5E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Feb 3, 18:0014.7S 100.5E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Feb 4, 00:0015.0S 100.6E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Feb 4, 06:0015.5S 100.9E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Feb 4, 12:0015.9S 101.0E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Feb 4, 18:0016.2S 100.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Feb 5, 00:0016.0S 100.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Feb 5, 06:0016.2S 101.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 5, 12:0016.0S 101.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 5, 18:0015.9S 102.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 6, 00:0015.7S 102.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 6, 06:0015.7S 103.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 6, 12:0015.9S 104.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 6, 18:0016.0S 104.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 7, 00:0016.1S 105.1E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 7, 06:0016.3S 105.4E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 7, 12:0016.6S 106.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 7, 18:0016.9S 106.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 00:0017.2S 106.9E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 06:0017.3S 107.3E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 12:0017.3S 107.6E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 18:0017.3S 107.9E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 00:0017.3S 108.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 06:0017.0S 108.0E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 12:0016.6S 108.2E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 9, 18:0016.2S 108.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 10, 00:0015.7S 109.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 10, 06:0015.0S 109.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 10, 12:0014.6S 110.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 10, 18:0014.2S 111.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Feb 11, 00:0013.9S 113.3E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance

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.