The 2009 season

Cyclone Fanele (2009)

Cyclone Fanele reached Category 4 in the South Indian between January 17, 2009 and January 26, 2009, with a lowest pressure of 937 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Fanele, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2009 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
January 17, 2009 to January 26, 2009
Peak strength
Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
Lowest pressure
937 mb (27.67 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
6.9
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
120 nmi (222 km, 138 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
20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
Overall size
230 nmi (426 km, 265 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
15 kt (17 mph)
Identifier
SH092009

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jan 17, 06:0020.0S 42.9E15 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jan 17, 12:0020.3S 42.7E15 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Jan 17, 18:0020.6S 42.7E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Jan 18, 00:0020.9S 42.6E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 18, 06:0021.2S 42.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 18, 12:0021.7S 42.0E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 18, 18:0021.7S 41.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 19, 00:0021.5S 41.2E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jan 19, 06:0021.7S 41.0E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jan 19, 12:0022.0S 40.9E55 kt982 mbTropical storm
Jan 19, 18:0021.5S 41.4E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Jan 20, 00:0021.1S 42.0E90 kt956 mbTyphoon
Jan 20, 06:0020.5S 42.3E100 kt948 mbTyphoon
Jan 20, 12:0020.1S 42.6E115 kt937 mbTyphoon
Jan 20, 18:0020.1S 43.2E105 kt944 mbTyphoon
Jan 21, 00:0020.6S 43.6E100 kt948 mbTyphoon
Jan 21, 06:0021.3S 44.3E80 kt963 mbTyphoon
Jan 21, 12:0022.4S 45.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 21, 18:0023.4S 46.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 22, 00:0023.9S 47.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 22, 06:0024.5S 49.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 22, 12:0025.3S 50.5E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 22, 18:0026.6S 51.2E35 kt996 mbExtratropical
Jan 23, 00:0027.9S 51.9E35 kt996 mbExtratropical
Jan 23, 06:0029.4S 52.3E35 kt996 mbExtratropical
Jan 23, 12:0031.0S 53.1E25 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Jan 23, 18:0031.5S 53.8E25 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Jan 24, 00:0032.3S 54.9E35 kt998 mbExtratropical
Jan 24, 06:0033.2S 56.0E33 kt1000 mbExtratropical
Jan 24, 12:0033.9S 57.2E30 kt1002 mbExtratropical
Jan 24, 18:0033.9S 58.5E28 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Jan 25, 00:0033.9S 58.9E27 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Jan 25, 06:0034.0S 59.3E25 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Jan 25, 12:0034.2S 59.9E23 kt1009 mbDisturbance
Jan 25, 18:0034.7S 60.8E20 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Jan 26, 00:0035.6S 61.7E20 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Jan 26, 06:0036.8S 62.5E20 kt1011 mbDisturbance

Other South Indian storms of 2009

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.